On Friday 11 September 2009 16:57:54 Kalle Valo wrote: > Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Hi, > > Hallo, > > > mac80211 (or some other part of the networking stack) triggers this > > warning in the NOHZ code: NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08 > > > > 08 seems to be NET_RX_SOFTIRQ. > > > > It happens, because my test driver b43 handles all RX and TX-status > > callbacks in process context. I guess some part of the networking > > stack expects RX to be in tasklet and/or softirq context. > > > > We also have a report of this warning in wl1251, so it's probably not > > a b43 problem. > > Yes, I see this with wl1251. It uses workqueues everywhere. > This patch seems to fix it. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> Index: wireless-testing/net/mac80211/cfg.c =================================================================== --- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2009-08-09 18:47:11.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2009-09-11 16:59:12.000000000 +0200 @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static void ieee80211_send_layer2_update skb->dev = sta->sdata->dev; skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, sta->sdata->dev); memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(skb->cb)); - netif_rx(skb); + ieee80211_netif_rx(skb); } static void sta_apply_parameters(struct ieee80211_local *local, Index: wireless-testing/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h =================================================================== --- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h 2009-08-23 00:06:41.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h 2009-09-11 17:02:05.000000000 +0200 @@ -1053,6 +1053,14 @@ void ieee80211_tx_pending(unsigned long int ieee80211_monitor_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev); int ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev); +/* rx handling */ +static inline int ieee80211_netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb) +{ + if (in_interrupt()) + return netif_rx(skb); + return netif_rx_ni(skb); +} + /* HT */ void ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband, struct ieee80211_ht_cap *ht_cap_ie, Index: wireless-testing/net/mac80211/main.c =================================================================== --- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/main.c 2009-08-23 00:06:41.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/main.c 2009-09-11 16:59:35.000000000 +0200 @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021 skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); if (skb2) { skb2->dev = prev_dev; - netif_rx(skb2); + ieee80211_netif_rx(skb2); } } @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021 } if (prev_dev) { skb->dev = prev_dev; - netif_rx(skb); + ieee80211_netif_rx(skb); skb = NULL; } rcu_read_unlock(); Index: wireless-testing/net/mac80211/rx.c =================================================================== --- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/rx.c 2009-09-04 19:08:05.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/rx.c 2009-09-11 17:00:08.000000000 +0200 @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_monitor(struct ieee80211_lo skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); if (skb2) { skb2->dev = prev_dev; - netif_rx(skb2); + ieee80211_netif_rx(skb2); } } @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_monitor(struct ieee80211_lo if (prev_dev) { skb->dev = prev_dev; - netif_rx(skb); + ieee80211_netif_rx(skb); } else dev_kfree_skb(skb); @@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ ieee80211_deliver_skb(struct ieee80211_r /* deliver to local stack */ skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev); memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(skb->cb)); - netif_rx(skb); + ieee80211_netif_rx(skb); } } @@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_cooked_monitor( skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); if (skb2) { skb2->dev = prev_dev; - netif_rx(skb2); + ieee80211_netif_rx(skb2); } } @@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_cooked_monitor( if (prev_dev) { skb->dev = prev_dev; - netif_rx(skb); + ieee80211_netif_rx(skb); skb = NULL; } else goto out_free_skb; -- Greetings, Michael. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html