Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] :
[...]

I would prefer having a definitive advice from Thomas Gleixner and/or
others if disable_irq() is forbidden from IRQ path.

As I said, about all netpoll() methods in net drivers use disable_irq()
so a lot of patches would be needed.

s/about all/many/

There has been a WARN_ONCE(!irqs_disabled() in netpoll_send_skb_on_dev for
quite some time now but it's apparently screened by too many tests to be
effective. :o/

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Ueimor