netdev - Re: [PATCH v5] netpoll: protect napi_poll and poll_controller during dev

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Date:	Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:06:42 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ivecera@...hat.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, romieu@...zoreil.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] netpoll: protect napi_poll and poll_controller
 during dev_[open|close]

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Date: Mon,  4 Feb 2013 12:40:44 -0500

> +	/*
> +	 * Block netpoll from trying to do any rx path servicing.
> +	 * If we don't do this there is a chance ndo_poll_controller
> +	 * or ndo_poll may be running while we open the device
> +	 */

Please format comments:

	/* Like
	 * this.
	 */

> +	/*
> +	 * Don't do any rx activity if the dev_lock mutex is held 
> +	 * the dev_open/close paths use this to block netpoll activity
> +	 * while changing device state
> +	 */

Same here.

> +int netpoll_rx_disable(struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> +        struct netpoll_info *ni;
> +	int idx;
> +        might_sleep();
> +        idx = srcu_read_lock(&netpoll_srcu);
> +        ni = srcu_dereference(dev->npinfo, &netpoll_srcu);

A lot of interesting indentation going on here.
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