Let me resume two months old topic...
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:12:31 +0100, Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have lived with the "NAPI ->poll() handler runs in BH irq enabled
> > context" rule for years. Is it definitely false/dead ?
> >
> > If so at least 8139cp needs the same fix.
>
> hm, this isnt really about NAPI polling, but about the
> netconsole/netpoll/netdump poll_controller() handler.
>
> with netconsole, printk can be called from IRQ context (and is
> frequently from IRQ context during bootup or module initialization), so
> a BH rule isnt enough for them.
I see NAPI poll routine might be called with interrupt disabled.
Many (all?) NAPI drivers call netif_receive_skb() from its poll
routine (as described in NAPI-HOWTO.txt), but I thought
netif_receive_skb() cannot be called from irq context or irq disabled.
So it seems the problem is not solved completely. Or am I missing
something?
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Atsushi Nemoto
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