netdev - Re: [PATCH] sfc: Match calls to netif_napi_add() and netif_napi

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Message-Id: <20090414.194840.146819069.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:48:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sfc: Match calls to netif_napi_add() and
 netif_napi_del()

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:17:30 +0100

> sfc could call netif_napi_add() multiple times for the same
> napi_struct, corrupting the list of napi_structs for the associated
> device and leading to a busy-loop on device removal.  Move the call to
> netif_napi_add() and add a call to netif_napi_del() in the obvious
> places.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Applied.
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