| To: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [RFC] locking changes for lec.c |
| From: | "chas williams - CONTRACTOR" <chas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:32:51 -0500 |
| Cc: | netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | Your message of "Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:56:12 PST." <20050114135612.0edc180d.davem@davemloft.net> |
| Reply-to: | chas3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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In message <20050114135612.0edc180d.davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"David S. Miller" writes: >Can HW interrupt paths ever call into this ARP stuff? >If not, probably should just use BH disabled locking >instead of the heavy handed IRQ disabling locks. yes, lec_push() could be run in hw interrupt context from one of of the atm drivers recv path. in fact, this is the path where i "noticed" the race condition. |
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