netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] mlx4: use dev_kfree_skb() instead of dev_kfree_skb

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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:58:41 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@...lanox.co.il>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>, Ying Cai <ycai@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] mlx4: use dev_kfree_skb() instead of dev_kfree_skb_any()

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> Since commit e22979d96a5 (mlx4_en: Moving to Interrupts for TX
> completions), we no longer can free TX skb from hard IRQ, but only from
> normal softirq or process context.
>
> Therefore, we can directly call dev_kfree_skb() from
> mlx4_en_free_tx_desc() like other conventional NAPI drivers.

Hi Eric,

The team is all off till tomorrow, we will look and get back to you

Or.
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