netdev - Re: [PATCH] sungem: fix napi regression with reset work

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:28:44 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sungem: fix napi regression with reset work


On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 21:02 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> sungem's gem_reset_task() will unconditionally try to disable NAPI even
> when it's called while the interface is not operating and hence the NAPI
> struct isn't enabled. Make napi_disable() depend on gp->running.
> 
> Also removes a superfluous test of gp->running in the same function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> ---
> Not exactly sure how I got there but I did get stuck in there (sysrq-W)
> when I plugged in the network cable and booted the computer on the other
> end of it... while the interface was down. I would've thought that the
> driver wouldn't even notice the fact that I plugged in the cable while
> the interface is down, but maybe it does. Or it sets up the device
> wrongly at resume time when the interface was down at suspend.
> 
> In any case, this should fix the issue.

Thanks.

Ben.


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