linux-kernel - Re: NOHZ: local_softirq

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Date:	Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:40:51 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Tilman Schmidt <t.schmidt@...enixsoftware.de>
Cc:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08

On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 13:18 +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote:

> Can you explain a bit more what that message is about?
> I am encountering it in a completely different context
> (PPP over ISDN) and I would like to know where to start
> looking for the cause and developing a fix. The thread
> on linux.kernel.wireless.general only seems to address
> the specific situation in the wireless stack.

Basically, calling netif_rx() with softirqs enabled.

johannes

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