Hi Folks,
Generic function for the net drivers that call netif_rx from non interrupt context.
And TUN/TAP driver patch.
--- linux/include/linux/netdevice.h.old Mon Jul 30 11:37:27 2001
+++ linux/include/linux/netdevice.h Mon Jul 30 11:48:32 2001
@@ -563,6 +563,19 @@
extern int netdev_nit;
+
+/*
+ * netif_rx_ni - post buffer to the network code from _non interrupt_ context.
+ * see net/core/dev.c for netif_rx description.
+ */
+static inline int netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ int err = netif_rx(skb);
+ if (softirq_pending(smp_processor_id()))
+ do_softirq();
+ return err;
+}
+
--- linux/drivers/net/tun.c.old Mon Jun 11 19:15:27 2001
+++ linux/drivers/net/tun.c Mon Jul 30 11:49:01 2001
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
if (tun->flags & TUN_NOCHECKSUM)
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
- netif_rx(skb);
+ netif_rx_ni(skb);
tun->stats.rx_packets++;
tun->stats.rx_bytes += len;
Thanks
Max
Maksim Krasnyanskiy
Senior Kernel Engineer
Qualcomm Incorporated
maxk@qualcomm.com
http://bluez.sf.net
http://vtun.sf.net
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