Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> : [...] > I would prefer having a definitive advice from Thomas Gleixner and/or > others if disable_irq() is forbidden from IRQ path. > > As I said, about all netpoll() methods in net drivers use disable_irq() > so a lot of patches would be needed.
s/about all/many/ There has been a WARN_ONCE(!irqs_disabled() in netpoll_send_skb_on_dev for quite some time now but it's apparently screened by too many tests to be effective. :o/ -- Ueimor
