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-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c27
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
index 278958157e24..22ae29520d6e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
@@ -1463,24 +1463,17 @@ static int fcoe_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev,
* so we're free to queue skbs into it's queue.
*/
- /* If this is a SCSI-FCP frame, and this is already executing on the
- * correct CPU, and the queue for this CPU is empty, then go ahead
- * and process the frame directly in the softirq context.
- * This lets us process completions without context switching from the
- * NET_RX softirq, to our receive processing thread, and then back to
- * BLOCK softirq context.
+ /*
+ * Note: We used to have a set of conditions under which we would
+ * call fcoe_recv_frame directly, rather than queuing to the rx list
+ * as it could save a few cycles, but doing so is prohibited, as
+ * fcoe_recv_frame has several paths that may sleep, which is forbidden
+ * in softirq context.
*/
- if (fh->fh_type == FC_TYPE_FCP &&
- cpu == smp_processor_id() &&
- skb_queue_empty(&fps->fcoe_rx_list)) {
- spin_unlock_bh(&fps->fcoe_rx_list.lock);
- fcoe_recv_frame(skb);
- } else {
- __skb_queue_tail(&fps->fcoe_rx_list, skb);
- if (fps->fcoe_rx_list.qlen == 1)
- wake_up_process(fps->thread);
- spin_unlock_bh(&fps->fcoe_rx_list.lock);
- }
+ __skb_queue_tail(&fps->fcoe_rx_list, skb);
+ if (fps->fcoe_rx_list.qlen == 1)
+ wake_up_process(fps->thread);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&fps->fcoe_rx_list.lock);
return 0;
err:
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