Re: [PATCH] netif_rx from non interrupt context

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:53:29 -0700 (PDT)


Maksim Krasnyanskiy writes:
> Generic function for the net drivers that call netif_rx from non interrupt context.
> And TUN/TAP driver patch.

No, let us do it explicitly in the drivers, not create a new API for
this.

Maybe we should add "Send to socket with BH disabled" or a "insert to
generic linked list with spinlock held" interfaces too? :-)

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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