netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC 3/6] r8169: enable cfg9346 config register access in atomic context

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Message-ID: <20230310210852.GA1278511@bhelgaas>
Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:08:52 -0600
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 3/6] r8169: enable cfg9346 config register access in
 atomic context

On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 10:45:28PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> For disabling ASPM during NAPI poll we'll have to unlock access
> to the config registers in atomic context. Other code parts
> running with config register access unlocked are partially
> longer and can sleep.

"partially longer"?  Not sure what was intended.