From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 15:55:17 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: kni: fix possible deadlock
X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~7046
X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e274c5f024de82be3ad7a7d617cade09afa091d4;p=dpdk.git

kni: fix possible deadlock

netif_rx() should be used in interrupt context. Replace it with
netif_rx_ni() which is safe to use in process context.

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
---

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
index e02edcbe9c..cfa8339865 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ kni_net_rx_normal(struct kni_dev *kni)
 			skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 
 			/* Call netif interface */
-			netif_rx(skb);
+			netif_rx_ni(skb);
 
 			/* Update statistics */
 			kni->stats.rx_bytes += len;