netdev - Re: [patchlet] r8169: fix napi_schedule_irqoff() called with irqs enabled warning

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Date:   Sat, 17 Oct 2020 04:26:06 +0200
From:   Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
Subject: Re: [patchlet] r8169: fix napi_schedule_irqoff() called with irqs
 enabled warning

On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 21:15 +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>
> But we should spend at least a few thoughts on whether and how the
> irqoff version could be improved. This would have two benefits:

I disagree, using the irqoff version in a place that irqoff is not
always true is a bug.

*Maybe* it would be worth it to twiddle the regular version, but color
me highly skeptical.  Branches ain't free (and arm for one already adds
one), and static branches are not generic whereas napi_schedule() is.

	-Mike