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SubjectRe: [RFC 1/2] softirq: Defer net rx/tx processing to ksoftirqd context
On Tue, 6 Feb 2018, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:

> On 2018-01-17 17:24:47 [-0500], David Miller wrote:
> > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:02:43 -0800
> > > There is also the netif_rx_ni() stuff.
> > >
> > > Can't remember right now why it is not using
> > > local_bh_{diable,enable}() pair instead
> > > of preempt_disable() ... if (local_softirq_pending()) do_softirq();
> >
> > Hmmm, that code predates the initial GIT repository build.
> >
> > I do remember we had some back and forth with that stuff.
>
> So I did a little research and tried to replace preempt_disable() with
> local_bh_disable() [0] a while ago.
>
> [0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170616172400.10809-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de

Maybe you should just try again with a slightly better changelog :)

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