netdev - Re: [PATCH]: remove netif_running() check from myri10ge

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Message-Id: <20071220160518.fa65ac90.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:05:18 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	gallatin@...i.com, jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: remove netif_running() check from
 myri10ge_poll()

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:02:43 -0800 (PST)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@...i.com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:38:34 -0500
> 
> > Remove the bogus netif_running() check from myri10ge_poll().
> > 
> > This eliminates any chance that myri10ge_poll() can trigger
> > an oops by calling netif_rx_complete() and returning
> > with work_done == budget.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@...i.com>
> 
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

hm, eight days old, fixes a possible oops and hasn't been merged anywhere
yet?

I'll put it in my for-2.6.24-via-other-subsystem queue.
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