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Message-Id: <1250678607.17891.26.camel@dengdd-desktop>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:43:27 +0800
From: DDD <Dongdong.deng@...driver.com>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [PATCH] netpoll: WARN_ONCE for start_xmit returns with interrupts
enabled
The NETPOLL API requires that interrupts remain disabled in
netpoll_send_skb().
Add a WARN_ONCE when ndo_start_xmit returns with interrupts enabled
in netpoll_send_skb().
Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@...driver.com>
---
net/core/netpoll.c | 6 ++++++
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index df30feb..d38103f 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ static void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
udelay(USEC_PER_POLL);
}
+
+ WARN_ONCE(!irqs_disabled(),
+ KERN_WARNING "netpoll_send_skb(): [net driver %s]"
+ "ndo_start_xmit() shouldn't return with interrupts"
+ "enabled!", dev->name);
+
local_irq_restore(flags);
}
--
1.6.0.4
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