netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] e1000: fix bug with shared interrupt during reset

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Message-Id: <20090127.164208.04700459.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:42:08 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] e1000: fix bug with shared interrupt during
 reset

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:27:16 -0800

> A nasty bug was found where an MTU change (or anything else that caused a
> reset) could race with the interrupt code.  The interrupt code was entered
> by a shared interrupt during the MTU change.
> 
> This change prevents the interrupt code from running while the driver is in
> the middle of its reset path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>

Applied, thanks everyone.
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