netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 12/14] r8152: replace netif_rx with netif_receive

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Message-ID: <20140218232850.GB13394@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:28:50 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 12/14] r8152: replace netif_rx with
 netif_receive_skb

Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com> :
> Replace netif_rx with netif_receive_skb to avoid disabling irq frequently
> for increasing the efficiency.

read_bulk_callback is issued in irq context. It could thus use plain
spin_lock / spin_unlock instead of the irq disabling version.

-- 
Ueimor
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