Re: [PATCH net-next v3] r8169: Use napi_schedule_irqoff()

Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-13T00:06:49Z

On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:29:14 -0400 Matt Vollrath wrote:
> napi_schedule() masks hard interrupts while doing its work, which is
> redundant when called from an interrupt handler where hard interrupts
> are already masked. Use napi_schedule_irqoff() instead to bypass this
> redundant masking. This is an optimization.

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