netdev - Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Enable IRQs only if napi_complete

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Date:   Thu, 09 Mar 2017 18:31:47 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     thomas.lendacky@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeremy.linton@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Enable IRQs only if napi_complete_done()
 is true

From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 17:48:23 -0600

> Depending on the hardware, the amd-xgbe driver may use disable_irq_nosync()
> and enable_irq() when an interrupt is received to process Rx packets. If
> the napi_complete_done() return value isn't checked an unbalanced enable
> for the IRQ could result, generating a warning stack trace.
> 
> Update the driver to only enable interrupts if napi_complete_done() returns
> true.
> 
> Reported-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>

Applied, thanks.