netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ppp: remove unnecessary bh disable in xmit path

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Date:   Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:01:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gfree.wind@....163.com
Cc:     paulus@...ba.org, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org, g.nault@...halink.fr,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ppp: remove unnecessary bh disable in xmit
 path

From: gfree.wind@....163.com
Date: Thu,  1 Jun 2017 17:58:39 +0800

> From: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@....163.com>
> 
> Since the commit 55454a565836 ("ppp: avoid dealock on recursive xmit"),
> the PPP xmit path is protected by wrapper functions which disable the
> bh already. So it is unnecessary to disable the bh again in the real
> xmit path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@....163.com>

Applied, thank you.