Re: [PATCH net-next v5 3/6] idpf: support pacing offload

On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:38:07 -0400 Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > > +	if (!horizon)
> > > +		return;
> > > +
> > > +	/* Skip if netpoll: not needed and not safe to call ktime helpers */
> > > +	if (netpoll_tx_running(skb->dev))  
> > 
> > Is this due to Gemini's complaint? netpoll sending packets with
> > timestamp in the future seems unreasonable to me, no?  
> 
> It is. Makes sense to ignore EDT request when running in netpoll right.
> Do you mean that we should not even check for that in the hot path?

No strong preference but I wouldn't check. netpoll is for emergency
data, and bypasses qdiscs, it can't possibly be paced..