netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] enetc: use napi_schedule to be compatible with PREEMPT

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Message-ID: <20200812151308.rlbtrbxycxfu7tvi@linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:13:08 +0200
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jiafei.Pan@....com,
        kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, claudiu.manoil@....com,
        ioana.ciornei@....com, yangbo.lu@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] enetc: use napi_schedule to be compatible
 with PREEMPT_RT

On 2020-08-12 17:34:30 [+0300], Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> I expect the driver maintainers to have something to say about this. I
> didn't test on stable kernels, and at least for dpaa2-eth, the change
> would need to go pretty deep down the stable line.

Yes, each affected and maintained stable kernel. This would also ensure
that it is part stable-RT trees.

> Also, not really sure who is using the threadirqs option except for
> testing purposes.

Oh.

> Thanks,
> -Vladimir

Sebastian