netdev - Re: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: avahi-daemon: caller is netif

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Message-ID: <m2m65634d661004121354ta0189542l80473b82911e43f4@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:54:28 -0700
From:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: 
	avahi-daemon: caller is netif_rx

> I would change ip_dev_loopback_xmit() to call netif_rx_ni() instead...
>
> David, Tom ?
>

Would it be better to disable preemption in netif_rx?  Also note that
with RFS we would be taking rcu_read_lock in netif_rx anyway and that
could cover all the instances of smp_processor_id().

> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
> index c65f18e..d1bcc9f 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int ip_dev_loopback_xmit(struct sk_buff *newskb)
>        newskb->pkt_type = PACKET_LOOPBACK;
>        newskb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
>        WARN_ON(!skb_dst(newskb));
> -       netif_rx(newskb);
> +       netif_rx_ni(newskb);
>        return 0;
>  }
>
>
>
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