netdev - Re: [PATCH] can: update can-bcm for hrtimer hardirq callbacks

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Message-Id: <20090104.173200.136616015.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:32:00 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	oliver@...tkopp.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: update can-bcm for hrtimer hardirq callbacks

From: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:49:25 +0100

> Since commit ca109491f612aab5c8152207631c0444f63da97f the hrtimer callbacks are processed only in hardirq context.
> 
> This patch moves some functionality into tasklets to run in softirq context.
> 
> Additionally some duplicated code was removed in bcm_rx_thr_flush() and an avoidable memcpy was removed from bcm_rx_handler().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>

Applied, thanks Oliver.

In the future, when referencing a commit SHA ID, please provide
the commit message header line as a secondary reference, like
this:

    Since commit ca109491f612aab5c8152207631c0444f63da97f ("hrtimer:
    removing all ur callback modes") the hrtimer callbacks are processed
    only in hardirq context.

Thanks.
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