From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: use netif_rx_ni() from process context
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:44:23 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150207.224423.203725892895019100.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1423177094.31870.93.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:58:14 -0800
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
>
> Hotpluging a cpu might be rare, yet we have to use proper
> handlers when taking over packets found in backlog queues.
>
> dev_cpu_callback() runs from process context, thus we should
> call netif_rx_ni() to properly invoke softirq handler.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> ---
> I never saw real operational issues, but I suspect this patch cannot
> hurt.
Applied, thanks.
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2015-02-05 22:58 [PATCH net] net: use netif_rx_ni() from process context Eric Dumazet
2015-02-08 6:44 ` David Miller [this message]
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