netdev - Re: [PATCH]: Add Network Sysrq Support

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Message-Id: <20110622.033502.2198841895093553350.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:35:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	prarit@...hat.com
Cc:	fw@...len.de, fbl@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	agospoda@...hat.com, nhorman@...hat.com, lwoodman@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Add Network Sysrq Support

From: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:26:23 -0400

> Using the netfilter xt-SYSRQ code seems to store the entered code and
> execute it later after the system has returned to a normal state....
> which is much too late to be useful.

So add a feature that allows xt-SYSRQ to not queue the request
and instead execute it immediately in softirq context.

I don't see what the big deal is.
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