netdev - Re: [PATCH 02/11] bnx2: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of dev_kfree

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Message-Id: <20140311.004332.1434735323137341311.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:43:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, mpm@...enic.com, satyam.sharma@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] bnx2: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of
 dev_kfree_skb.

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:47:57 -0700

> Anyway, why can this be called from hard irq ?

Eric B. explains this in his 0/11 posting, the culprit is netpoll.

I had a discussion about this with him on this list last week.
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