netdev - [PATCH net] net: use netif_rx_ni() from process context

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Message-ID: <1423177094.31870.93.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:58:14 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: use netif_rx_ni() from process context

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Hotpluging a cpu might be rare, yet we have to use proper
handlers when taking over packets found in backlog queues.

dev_cpu_callback() runs from process context, thus we should
call netif_rx_ni() to properly invoke softirq handler.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
I never saw real operational issues, but I suspect this patch cannot
hurt.

 net/core/dev.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7fe82929f509..6c1556aeec29 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7064,11 +7064,11 @@ static int dev_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 
 	/* Process offline CPU's input_pkt_queue */
 	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&oldsd->process_queue))) {
-		netif_rx_internal(skb);
+		netif_rx_ni(skb);
 		input_queue_head_incr(oldsd);
 	}
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&oldsd->input_pkt_queue))) {
-		netif_rx_internal(skb);
+		netif_rx_ni(skb);
 		input_queue_head_incr(oldsd);
 	}
 


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