netdev - Re: [PATCH net] xen-netback: fix vif tx queue race in xenvif_rx

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Date:	Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:11:39 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	majieyue@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
	jieyue.majy@...baba-inc.com, yingbin.wangyb@...baba-inc.com,
	tienan.ftn@...baba-inc.com, wei.liu2@...rix.com,
	ian.campbell@...rix.com, david.vrabel@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] xen-netback: fix vif tx queue race in
 xenvif_rx_interrupt

From: Ma JieYue <majieyue@...il.com>
Date: Thu,  9 Jan 2014 03:24:21 +0800

> -	if (xenvif_rx_schedulable(vif))
> +	if (netif_queue_stopped(vif->dev) && xenvif_rx_schedulable(vif))

I do not see anything which prevents a netif_stop_queue() call from happening
between these two tests in another thread of control.

This therefore looks like a bandaid and not a real fix.
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