netdev - Re: [RFC] net: napi fix

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Message-ID: <b25c3fa70712131806i6520057bt2dadbb4a06d9cf57@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:06:29 +0900
From:	"Joonwoo Park" <joonwpark81@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Gallatin" <gallatin@...i.com>
Cc:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Jesse Brandeburg" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] net: napi fix

2007/12/13, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@...i.com>:
>
> 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.
>
> Drew
>

Yep, It looks good.

Joonwoo
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