linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] netpoll: use sk_buff

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Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:51:30 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] netpoll: use sk_buff_head for txq

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:03:50 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:02:53 -0700
> 
> > +	spin_lock_irqsave(&netpoll_txq.lock, flags);
> > +	for (skb = (struct sk_buff *)netpoll_txq.next;
> > +	     skb != (struct sk_buff *)&netpoll_txq; skb = next) {
> > +		next = skb->next;
> > +		if (skb->dev == dev) {
> > +			skb_unlink(skb, &netpoll_txq);
> > +			kfree_skb(skb);
> > +		}
> >  	}
> > +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&netpoll_txq.lock, flags);
> 
> IRQ's are disabled, I think we can't call kfree_skb() in such a
> context.

It is save since the skb's only come from this code (no destructors).

> 
> That's why zap_completion_queue() has all of these funny
> skb->destructor checks and such, all of this stuff potentially runs in
> IRQ context.

It should use __kfree_skb in the purge routine (like other places).
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