netdev - RE: [PATCH net RFC 2/2] ixgbe: fix sleep bug caused by napi_disable inside local_bh

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Date:	Tue, 1 Oct 2013 12:11:34 +0000
From:	"Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
To:	"Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
	"Francois Romieu" <romieu@...zoreil.com>
cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Duyck, Alexander H" <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	"Hyong-Youb Kim" <hykim@...i.com>,
	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>,
	"Amir Vadai" <amirv@...lanox.com>,
	"Eliezer Tamir" <eliezer.tamir@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net RFC 2/2] ixgbe: fix sleep bug caused by
 napi_disable inside local_bh_disable()d context

> > > I have to move the local_bh_disable in order to put napi_disable
> > outside
> > > of the call since napi_disable could sleep, causing a scheduling while
> > > atomic BUG.
> >
> > I am in violent agreement with this part.
> > --
> > Ueimor
> 
> Regards,
> Jake
> --

It seem like we've hit the same issue with the bnx2x driver.
Is there anything new about the RFC?

Thanks,
Yuval





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