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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:19:38 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: gallatin@...i.com Cc: joonwpark81@...il.com, auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com Subject: Re: [RFC] net: napi fix From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@...i.com> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:13:54 -0500 > If the netif_running() check is indeed required to make a device break > out of napi polling and respond to an ifconfig down, then I think the > netif_running() check should be moved up into net_rx_action() to avoid > potential for driver complexity and bugs like the ones you found. That, or something like it, definitely sounds reasonable and much better than putting the check into every driver :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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