From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Primiano Tucci" Subject: calling dev_queue_xmit from softirq Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:14:03 +0200 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.189]:32904 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754661AbXIKKOD (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:14:03 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k20so1271356rvb for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:14:03 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi all, just a simple question here: can dev_queue_xmit be called from atomic context (a softirq for instance) or do i have to put the dev_queue_xmit call in a separate tasklet and call it from tasklet? Kernel 2.6.22 Thanks in advance Primiano Tucci