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From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:50:08 -0700

> Normally ->poll() is called in softirq context, while netpoll could
> be called in any context depending on its caller.

It still makes amends to make the execution context still looks
"compatible" as far as locking et al. is concerned.