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Re: mac80211: NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08

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On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 17:10 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 September 2009 16:54:26 Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 17:47 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> > 
> > > I agree with Michael. The bug is real and I have verified that
> > > Michael's patch fixes the issue. Better to apply the patch now, it's
> > > trivial to change the implementation if/when the network stack has
> > > support for this.
> > 
> > FWIW, I think in mac80211 the in_interrupt() check can never return true
> > since we postpone all RX to the tasklet. But the tasklet seems to be ok
> > -- so should it really be in_interrupt()?
> 
> I think a tasklet is also in_interrupt(), because it's a softirq.

Ah, yes, indeed, in_interrupt() vs. in_irq().

johannes

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