From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 00/11] net: remove disable_irq() from ->ndo_poll_controller Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:44:33 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20141209.214433.7463087833083181.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1418135842-21389-1-git-send-email-sd@queasysnail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, tglx@linutronix.de To: sd@queasysnail.net Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:41320 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753377AbaLJCof (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:44:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1418135842-21389-1-git-send-email-sd@queasysnail.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Adding a new spinlock to every interrupt service routine is simply a non-starter. You will certainly have to find a way to fix this in a way that doesn't involve adding any new overhead to the normal operational paths of these drivers. Thanks.