Re: [PATCH] Make netif_rx_ni preempt-safe

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 20:00, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 07:55:33PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > 
> > --- include/linux/netdevice.h~	2004-10-19 18:50:18.000000000 -0400
> > +++ include/linux/netdevice.h	2004-10-19 18:51:01.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -696,9 +696,11 @@
> >   */
> >  static inline int netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb)
> >  {
> > +       preempt_disable();
> >         int err = netif_rx(skb);
> 
> This is broken on older compilers.

How about this:

Signed-Off-By: Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx>

--- include/linux/netdevice.h~	2004-10-19 20:16:48.000000000 -0400
+++ include/linux/netdevice.h	2004-10-19 20:21:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -696,9 +696,12 @@
  */
 static inline int netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-       int err = netif_rx(skb);
+       int err;
+       preempt_disable();
+       err = netif_rx(skb);
        if (softirq_pending(smp_processor_id()))
                do_softirq();
+       preempt_enable();
        return err;
 }
 

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