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    net/rtmac: vnic: fix non-rt signal overflow · 5d33c049
    Philippe Gerum authored and Jan Kiszka's avatar Jan Kiszka committed
    
    
    rtdm_nrtsig_pend() is based on ipipe_post_root_work(), which keeps a
    copy of every request descriptor internally until it is consumed by
    the secondary mode handler. Triggering rtdm_nrtsig_pend() every time a
    packet is relayed from the stack to the VNIC may cause such request
    buffer to overflow under pressure.
    
    To address this issue, trigger the non-rt signal only when the RX
    queue transitions from empty to non-empty state as a result of
    enqueuing the next skb.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPhilippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
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