The patch uses netif_rx_ni() over netif_rx() to post buffers to
upper network code because it is always scheduled in a workqueue.
The problem was first observed from a dynamic ticks warning:
"NOHZ: local_softirq_pending ..."
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/rx.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/rx.c
index 55871da..5d2239f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/rx.c
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ static void iwm_rx_process_packet(struct iwm_priv *iwm,
ndev->stats.rx_packets++;
ndev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
- if (netif_rx(skb) == NET_RX_DROP) {
+ if (netif_rx_ni(skb) == NET_RX_DROP) {
IWM_ERR(iwm, "Packet dropped\n");
ndev->stats.rx_dropped++;
}
--
1.6.0.4
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