From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [patch 12/19] fix irq problem with NAPI + NETPOLL Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 03:14:43 -0800 Message-ID: <20070306031443.d18d8bff.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <200703061041.l26AfusT019768@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <45ED4B23.9060000@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp, davem@davemloft.net, romieu@fr.zoreil.com To: Jeff Garzik Return-path: Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.24]:36266 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933242AbXCFLPO (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 06:15:14 -0500 In-Reply-To: <45ED4B23.9060000@garzik.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:06:11 -0500 Jeff Garzik wrote: > akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote: > > From: Atsushi Nemoto > > > > It seems netif_receive_skb() was designed not to call from irq context, but > > NAPI + NETPOLL break this rule. If netif_receive_skb() was called from irq > > context, redirect to netif_rx() instead of processing the skb in that > > context. > > > > Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto > > Cc: Jeff Garzik > > Cc: Francois Romieu > > Cc: "David S. Miller" > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton > > --- > > > > net/core/dev.c | 11 +++++++++-- > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > net/* stuff, I'll let DaveM make the call and apply it... argh, sorry, this patch (which is mysteriously called 8139too-fix-irq-problem-with-napi-netpoll.patch) was supposed to go to davem and you were supposed to receive 8139too-force-media-setting-fix.patch (which you were cc'ed on).