netdev - Re: [PATCH] ucc_geth: Move freeing of TX packets to NAPI context.

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Message-Id: <20090330.133648.202747210.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:36:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Joakim.Tjernlund@...nsmode.se
Cc:	leoli@...escale.com, avorontsov@...mvista.com,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pku.leo@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ucc_geth: Move freeing of TX packets to NAPI context.

From: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:01:33 +0200

> I don't know. But the question you should ask is: Does the networking
> code promise this now and for the future? If not, you should
> fix the driver not to relay on netif_queue_stopped() here.

Stop this nonsense talk.

If the driver can't be the one and only controller of the TX queue
state, everything would essentially explode.

The fact is, it does.
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