Subject: Re: [patch 12/19] fix irq problem with NAPI + NETPOLL

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:06:11 -0500

[email-masked] wrote:
> From: Atsushi Nemoto <[email-masked]>
> 
> It seems netif_receive_skb() was designed not to call from irq context, but
> NAPI + NETPOLL break this rule.  If netif_receive_skb() was called from irq
> context, redirect to netif_rx() instead of processing the skb in that
> context.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Francois Romieu <[email-masked]>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email-masked]>
> ---
> 
>  net/core/dev.c |   11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

net/* stuff, I'll let DaveM make the call and apply it...