linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: use __napi_schedule() for PREEMPT

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:50:23 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Sebastien Laveze <sebastien.laveze@....nxp.com>
Cc:     Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: use __napi_schedule() for PREEMPT_RT

On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:01:22 +0100 Sebastien Laveze wrote:
> From: Seb Laveze <sebastien.laveze@....com>
> 
> Use of __napi_schedule_irqoff() is not safe with PREEMPT_RT in which
> hard interrupts are not disabled while running the threaded interrupt.
> 
> Using __napi_schedule() works for both PREEMPT_RT and mainline Linux,
> just at the cost of an additional check if interrupts are disabled for
> mainline (since they are already disabled).
> 
> Similar to the fix done for enetc:
> 215602a8d212 ("enetc: use napi_schedule to be compatible with PREEMPT_RT")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seb Laveze <sebastien.laveze@....com>

Fixed up the commit message to appease checkpatch and applied, thanks!