Re: [PATCH net-next 12/14] r8152: replace netif_rx with netif_receive_skb

From: Francois Romieu
Date: Tue Feb 18 2014 - 18:29:08 EST


Hayes Wang <hayeswang@xxxxxxxxxxx> :
> Replace netif_rx with netif_receive_skb to avoid disabling irq frequently
> for increasing the efficiency.

read_bulk_callback is issued in irq context. It could thus use plain
spin_lock / spin_unlock instead of the irq disabling version.

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Ueimor
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