Re: Locking in network code

On Sun, 6 May 2018 09:16:26 -0700 Alexander Duyck wrote: > On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 6:43 AM, Jacob S. Moroni wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a stupid question regarding which variant of spin_lock to use > > throughout the network stack, and inside

Re: Locking in network code

On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 6:43 AM, Jacob S. Moroni wrote: > Hello, > > I have a stupid question regarding which variant of spin_lock to use > throughout the network stack, and inside RX handlers specifically. > > It's my understanding that skbuffs are normally passed into the

Locking in network code

Hello, I have a stupid question regarding which variant of spin_lock to use throughout the network stack, and inside RX handlers specifically. It's my understanding that skbuffs are normally passed into the stack from soft IRQ context if the device is using NAPI, and hard IRQ context if it's not