The preempt_disable() () section was introduced in commit
cece1945bffcf ("net: disable preemption before call smp_processor_id()")
and adds it in case this function is invoked from preemtible context and
because get_cpu() later on as been added.
The get_cpu() usage was added in commit
b0e28f1effd1d ("net: netif_rx() must disable preemption")
because ip_dev_loopback_xmit() invoked netif_rx() with enabled preemption
causing a warning in smp_processor_id(). The function netif_rx() should
only be invoked from an interrupt context which implies disabled
preemption. The commit
e30b38c298b55 ("ip: Fix ip_dev_loopback_xmit()")
was addressing this and replaced netif_rx() with in netif_rx_ni() in
ip_dev_loopback_xmit().
Based on the discussion on the list, the former patch (b0e28f1effd1d)
should not have been applied only the latter (e30b38c298b55).
Remove get_cpu() and preempt_disable() since the function is supposed to
be invoked from context with stable per-CPU pointers. Bottom halves have
to be disabled at this point because the function may raise softirqs
which need to be processed.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20100415.013347.98375530.davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1…v2:
- merge patch 1 und 2 from the series (as per Toke).
- updated patch description and corrected the first commit number (as
per Eric).
net/core/dev.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1baab07820f65..0d13340ed4054 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4796,7 +4796,6 @@ static int netif_rx_internal(struct sk_buff *skb)
struct rps_dev_flow voidflow, *rflow = &voidflow;
int cpu;
- preempt_disable();
rcu_read_lock();
cpu = get_rps_cpu(skb->dev, skb, &rflow);
@@ -4806,14 +4805,12 @@ static int netif_rx_internal(struct sk_buff *skb)
ret = enqueue_to_backlog(skb, cpu, &rflow->last_qtail);
rcu_read_unlock();
- preempt_enable();
} else
#endif
{
unsigned int qtail;
- ret = enqueue_to_backlog(skb, get_cpu(), &qtail);
- put_cpu();
+ ret = enqueue_to_backlog(skb, smp_processor_id(), &qtail);
}
return ret;
}
--
2.34.1
