From 22230e68b2cf1ab6b027be8cf1198164a949c4fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marek Vasut Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:09:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] net: ks8851: Avoid excess softirq scheduling The code injects a packet into netif_rx() repeatedly, which will add it to its internal NAPI and schedule a softirq, and process it. It is more efficient to queue multiple packets and process them all at the local_bh_enable() time. Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Fixes: e0863634bf9f ("net: ks8851: Queue RX packets in IRQ handler instead of disabling BHs") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260415231020.455298-2-marex@nabladev.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c index 6c375647b24de..4afbb40bc0e4a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c @@ -373,9 +373,12 @@ static irqreturn_t ks8851_irq(int irq, void *_ks) if (status & IRQ_LCI) mii_check_link(&ks->mii); - if (status & IRQ_RXI) + if (status & IRQ_RXI) { + local_bh_disable(); while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&rxq))) netif_rx(skb); + local_bh_enable(); + } return IRQ_HANDLED; } -- 2.47.3