netdev - [PATCH 3/4] forcedeth: napi schedule lock fix

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Date:	Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:03:49 -0500
From:	Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
To:	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	nedev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] forcedeth: napi schedule lock fix

This patch fixes a potential race condition between scheduling napi and 
completing napi poll. The call to netif_rx_schedule should be under 
protection of the lock (as is the completion), otherwise, interrupts 
could be masked off.

Signed-off-by: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>

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