netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: introduce napi_schedule

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Message-Id: <20141029.160810.1578843646427209982.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:08:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: introduce napi_schedule_irqoff()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:05:13 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> napi_schedule() can be called from any context and has to mask hard
> irqs.
> 
> Add a variant that can only be called from hard interrupts handlers
> or when irqs are already masked.
> 
> Many NIC drivers can use it from their hard IRQ handler instead of
> generic variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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