netdev - Re: [PATCH] drop_monitor: dont sleep in atomic context

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Date:	Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:05:41 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drop_monitor: dont sleep in atomic context

On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 11:12 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> drop_monitor calls several sleeping functions while in atomic context.
>   [<ffffffff816be6d0>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb
> 

> Rework the logic to call the sleeping functions in right context.
> 
> Also avoid a loop if reset_per_cpu_data() cannot allocate memory :
> use mod_timer() to wait 1/10 second before next try.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> ---

I'll send a v2, please ignore this one


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