netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ionic: use dev_consume_skb

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:18:00 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: "Nelson, Shannon" <shannon.nelson@....com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, brett.creeley@....com, drivers@...sando.io
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ionic: use dev_consume_skb_any outside of napi

On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:11:08 -0700 Nelson, Shannon wrote:
> > Just pass the NAPI budget in, and if not in NAPI pass 0.
> > A bit more plumbing thru, but a lot less thinking required during
> > review..
> > --
> > pw-bot: cr  
> 
> I had a plumb-it-through solution at one point, but this is so much 
> cleaner with a simple one line fix, so much less to go wrong...

So much less to go wrong you say? I'm 75% sure the fix is buggy,
it won't work if hard irq comes during soft irq ;)