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From: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
To: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [Question] Kernel preemption of BH handler
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:20:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F7034EB.8010707@ericsson.com> (raw)

I have a BH handler that processes packets received from a netdevice.

my_bh_handler() {
   spin_lock_bh(my_lock);
   /*do stuff*/
   spin_unlock_bh(my_lock);
   /*do more stuff*/
}

First packet is received, and my_bh_handler() is currently processing it.
Now a new packet is received by the NIC and my_bh_handler() is preempted 
after my_lock have been released.

Is it possible that the second invocation of the BH routine is allowed 
to finish before the first?

//E

             reply	other threads:[~2012-03-26  9:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-26  9:20 Erik Hugne [this message]
2012-03-26 14:56 ` [Question] Kernel preemption of BH handler Ben Hutchings

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