From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:23:52 -0700
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:40 PM, David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote: >> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:50:08 -0700 >> >>> Normally ->poll() is called in softirq context, while netpoll could >>> be called in any context depending on its caller. >> >> It still makes amends to make the execution context still looks >> "compatible" as far as locking et al. is concerned. > > Adjusting netpoll code for IRQ context is much harder > than just calling dev_kfree_skb_any()... > > What's more, we have similar change before: > > commit ed79bab847d8e5a2986d8ff43c49c6fb8ee3265f > Author: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed Oct 14 14:36:43 2009 +0000 > > virtio_net: use dev_kfree_skb_any() in free_old_xmit_skbs() Explain to me then why other ethernet drivers implemented identically, such as tg3, can use plain dev_kfree_skb() just fine? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
