Re: stmmac ethernet in kernel 4.9-rc6: coalescing related pauses.

[Lino Sanfilippo]

Hi,

> 
> Actually, I was wrong. irqlock protection is needed, since
> stmmac_tx_clean() is called from timer, and that's interrupt context,
> as you can confirm using BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
> 

in_interrupt() can mean both softirq and hardirq context. In this case it
means softirq. So I guess you were right before, and no irq locking is needed.

Regards,
Lino