netdev - Re: [PATCH net] dev: Defer free of skbs in flush

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Message-Id: <20200724.200014.667890001467828475.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 24 Jul 2020 20:00:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     subashab@...eaurora.org
Cc:     pabeni@...hat.com, stranche@...eaurora.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] dev: Defer free of skbs in flush_backlog

From: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:31:48 -0600

> IRQs are disabled when freeing skbs in input queue.
> Use the IRQ safe variant to free skbs here.
> 
> Fixes: 145dd5f9c88f ("net: flush the softnet backlog in process context")
> Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.