linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] netpoll: rework skb transmit queue

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Date:	Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:08:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ak@...e.de
Cc:	shemminger@...l.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] netpoll: rework skb transmit queue

From: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:01:29 +0200

> netpoll always played a little fast'n'lose with various locking rules.

The current code is fine, it never reenters ->poll, because it
maintains a "->poll_owner" which it checks in netpoll_send_skb()
before trying to call back into ->poll.

Every call to ->poll first sets ->poll_owner to the current cpu id.
netpoll_send_skb() aborts and does a drop if ->poll_owner is set to
the current smp_processor_id().

I sometimes feel like I'm the only person actually reading the sources
and past threads on this topic before replying.
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