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

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Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 12:43:22 +0200
From:   Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
To:     gfree.wind@....163.com
Cc:     paulus@...ba.org, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ppp: remove unnecessary bh disable in xmit path

On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 05:58:39PM +0800, gfree.wind@....163.com wrote:
> 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.
> 
Thanks!

Acked-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>