netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] netstamp_needed shouldn't be jump_label

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Date:	Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:32:42 +0100
From:	Igor Maravić <igorm@....rs>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] netstamp_needed shouldn't be jump_label_key

Sorry,
just send another without using your remarks...
Thaks
Will listen to you in future.
BR
Igor

2011/11/29 Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>:
> Le mardi 29 novembre 2011 à 10:48 +0100, "Igor Maravić" a écrit :
>
>>
>> PS. Tested the patch - it works.
>>
>> [PATCH 1/1] Warning if_interrupt is true
>
> Few remarks, since you start to send official patches ;)
>
> - Since its not a serie of several patches, you dont need the 1/1
> - Since tree is net-next, not net, you should say it to David
> - We need a better title, with subsystem: tag, for example
>
> Here, it can be "net:"
>
> [PATCH net-next] net: check net_enable_timestamp() is not called in irq context
>
>>
>> Move warning on the top of function net_enable_timestamp,
>> so we would be also warn if we are going to use jump_label_dec in interrupt
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Igor Maravic <igorm@....rs>
>>
>> :100644 100644 45eab03... d358088... M        net/core/dev.c
>>
>
> Missing "---" separator
>
> Please carefully read Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>
>> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
>> index 45eab03..d358088 100644
>> --- a/net/core/dev.c
>> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
>> @@ -1451,16 +1451,18 @@ static atomic_t netstamp_needed_deferred;
>>
>>  void net_enable_timestamp(void)
>>  {
>> +     WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
>>  #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
>> -     int deferred = atomic_xchg(&netstamp_needed_deferred, 0);
>> -
>> -     if (deferred) {
>> -             while (--deferred)
>> -                     jump_label_dec(&netstamp_needed);
>> -             return;
>> +     {
>> +             int deferred = atomic_xchg(&netstamp_needed_deferred, 0);
>> +
>> +             if (deferred) {
>> +                     while (--deferred)
>> +                             jump_label_dec(&netstamp_needed);
>> +                     return;
>> +             }
>>       }
>>  #endif
>> -     WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
>>       jump_label_inc(&netstamp_needed);
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_enable_timestamp);
>
>
>
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