netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4] ovs: limit ovs recursions in ovs_execute

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Message-Id: <20160117.192628.1780434341967114696.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 17 Jan 2016 19:26:28 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pshelar@....org
Cc:	hannes@...essinduktion.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	simon.horman@...ronome.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4] ovs: limit ovs recursions in
 ovs_execute_actions to not corrupt stack

From: pravin shelar <pshelar@....org>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 09:04:50 -0800

> This function always run in soft-irq context. Do we really need this
> preempt-disable call here?

Hannes, please respond to this feedback.

Thanks.