netdev - Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Use dev_kfree_skb_any() in bnx2_tx

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Message-Id: <20131030.024003.1476890051483056287.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:40:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:	tdmackey@...leanhaiku.com, mchan@...adcom.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Use dev_kfree_skb_any() in bnx2_tx_int()

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:50:08 -0700

> Normally ->poll() is called in softirq context, while netpoll could
> be called in any context depending on its caller.

It still makes amends to make the execution context still looks
"compatible" as far as locking et al. is concerned.
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