netdev - |PATCH net-next-2.6] ifb: use netif_receive_skb() instead of netif

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Date:	Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:39:58 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
Cc:	Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netem@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: |PATCH net-next-2.6] ifb: use netif_receive_skb() instead of
 netif_rx()

In ri_tasklet(), we run from softirq, so can directly handle packet
through netif_receive_skb() instead of netif_rx().
There is no risk of recursion.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ifb.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ifb.c b/drivers/net/ifb.c
index bfa03db..a44901b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ifb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ifb.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void ri_tasklet(unsigned long dev)
 			dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 		} else if (from & AT_INGRESS) {
 			skb_pull(skb, skb->dev->hard_header_len);
-			netif_rx(skb);
+			netif_receive_skb(skb);
 		} else
 			BUG();
 	}


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