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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:52:17 +0100 From: Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@...a.slu.se> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: gallatin@...i.com, joonwpark81@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [RFC] net: napi fix David Miller writes: > > Is the netif_running() check even required? > > No, it is not. > > When a device is brought down, one of the first things > that happens is that we wait for all pending NAPI polls > to complete, then block any new polls from starting. Hello! Yes but the reason was not to wait for all pending polls to complete so a server/router could be rebooted even under high- load and DOS. We've experienced some nasty problems with this. Cheers. --ro -- 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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