netdev - Re: [RFC] net: napi fix

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Message-Id: <20071213.061938.86541759.davem@davemloft.net>
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 :-)
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