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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index a1190291c48e..2d6771075720 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -4860,7 +4860,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netif_rx); * congestion control or by the protocol layers. * The network buffer is passed via the backlog NAPI device. Modern NIC * driver should use NAPI and GRO. - * This function can used from any context. + * This function can used from interrupt and from process context. The + * caller from process context must not disable interrupts before invoking + * this function. * * return values: * NET_RX_SUCCESS (no congestion) @@ -4869,13 +4871,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netif_rx); */ int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb) { + bool need_bh_off = !(hardirq_count() | softirq_count()); int ret; - local_bh_disable(); + if (need_bh_off) + local_bh_disable(); trace_netif_rx_entry(skb); ret = netif_rx_internal(skb); trace_netif_rx_exit(ret); - local_bh_enable(); + if (need_bh_off) + local_bh_enable(); return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_rx); |