netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: Detect and ignore netif_stop_queue() calls before register

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Date:	Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:19:37 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	guichaz@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: Detect and ignore netif_stop_queue() calls
 before register_netdev()

From: Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@...il.com>
Date: Sat,  6 Nov 2010 17:39:32 +0100

> After e6484930d7c73d324bccda7d43d131088da697b9: net: allocate tx queues in register_netdevice
> These calls make net drivers oops at load time, so let's avoid people
> git-bisect'ing known problems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@...il.com>

Applied, but I'd like to remove this check after we've had some
time to weed out all of the offending cases, since this sits
in a hot path of sorts.

Thanks.
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