netdev - Re: [PATCH] netpoll: drivers must not enable IRQ unconditionally in their NAPI handler

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Message-ID: <45919305.90603@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:24:21 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org,
	Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>,
	Gary Zambrano <zambrano@...adcom.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netpoll: drivers must not enable IRQ unconditionally
 in their NAPI handler

Francois Romieu wrote:
> net/core/netpoll.c::netpoll_send_skb() calls the poll handler when
> it is available. As netconsole can be used from almost any context,
> IRQ must not be enabled blindly in the NAPI handler of a driver which
> supports netpoll.
> 
> b57bd06655a028aba7b92e1c19c2093e7fcfb341 fixed the issue for the
> 8139too.c driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>

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