netdev - Re: [PATCH net] mlx4: do not call napi

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:45:06 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ttoukan.linux@...il.com
Cc:     eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        erezsh@...lanox.com, eugenia@...lanox.com, tariqt@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] mlx4: do not call napi_schedule() without care

From: Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:02:44 +0200

> Thanks Eric.
> 
> On 13/01/2017 6:39 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>>
>> Disable BH around the call to napi_schedule() to avoid following
>> warning
>>
>> [   52.095499] NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08
>> [   52.421291] NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08
>> [   52.608313] NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08
>>
>> Fixes: 8d59de8f7bb3 ("net/mlx4_en: Process all completions in RX rings
>> after port goes up")
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
 ...
> Acked-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.