Re: [PATCH net] net: page_pool: use in_softirq() instead

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu Feb 02 2023 - 13:06:52 EST


On Wed, 1 Feb 2023 22:01:05 -0800 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 10:44:17 +0800 Qingfang DENG wrote:
> > From: Qingfang DENG <qingfang.deng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > We use BH context only for synchronization, so we don't care if it's
> > actually serving softirq or not.
> >
> > As a side node, in case of threaded NAPI, in_serving_softirq() will
> > return false because it's in process context with BH off, making
> > page_pool_recycle_in_cache() unreachable.
>
> LGTM, but I don't think this qualifies as a fix.
> It's just a missed optimization, right?

Well, nobody seems to have disagreed with me in 12h, so please drop the
Fixes tags and repost against net-next :)