Return-path: Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:32914 "EHLO out5.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754172AbZJUVhi (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:37:38 -0400 Message-ID: <4ADF7F14.7000109@imap.cc> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:37:24 +0200 From: Tilman Schmidt MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johannes Berg CC: Jarek Poplawski , David Miller , hidave.darkstar@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org, Michael Buesch , Oliver Hartkopp Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Adjust softirq raising in __napi_schedule References: <4AD31213.6020006@imap.cc> <20091015114052.GA9870@ff.dom.local> <4AD76184.6030900@gmail.com> <4ADF5710.4030505@imap.cc> <20091021211906.GA11401@ami.dom.local> <1256160330.12174.2.camel@johannes.local> In-Reply-To: <1256160330.12174.2.camel@johannes.local> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigDAACCF859094B8E8B38A9ACE" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDAACCF859094B8E8B38A9ACE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Johannes Berg schrieb: > This still doesn't make any sense. >=20 > There may or may not be a lot of code that assumes that everything else= > is run with other tasklets disabled, and that it cannot be interrupted > by a tasklet and thus create a race. >=20 > Can you prove that is not the case, across the entire networking layer?= So what's the solution you propose? --=20 Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Unge=C3=B6ffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe R=C3=BCckseite) --------------enigDAACCF859094B8E8B38A9ACE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFK338hQ3+did9BuFsRAtISAJ4oNk4ReXpVPsa9anMPGvdsfNvsfwCgk2IP MEhjd2ockMWp9P01SjKtdOA= =18hp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDAACCF859094B8E8B38A9ACE--