Hi, > > Actually, I was wrong. irqlock protection is needed, since > stmmac_tx_clean() is called from timer, and that's interrupt context, > as you can confirm using BUG_ON(in_interrupt()); >
in_interrupt() can mean both softirq and hardirq context. In this case it means softirq. So I guess you were right before, and no irq locking is needed. Regards, Lino
