Re: NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08

From: Tilman Schmidt
Date: Mon Oct 12 2009 - 04:30:29 EST


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[CCing PPP people]

Am 11.10.2009 13:40 schrieb Johannes Berg:
> On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 13:18 +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
>
>> Can you explain a bit more what that message is about?
>> I am encountering it in a completely different context
>> (PPP over ISDN) [...]
>
> Basically, calling netif_rx() with softirqs enabled.

AFAICS that would have to be the netif_rx() call in
ppp_receive_nonmp_frame() [drivers/net/ppp_generic.c#L1791],
called (via others) from the tasklet work function
ppp_sync_process() [drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c#L545].
Should that be changed to the
"if (in_interrupt()) netif_rx(skb) else netif_rx_ni(skb)"
stanza from the linux.kernel.wireless.general thread then?

Thanks,
Tilman

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