netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] vmxnet3: fix netpoll race condition

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Message-ID: <20140311200834.GA2630@hmsreliant.think-freely.org>
Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:08:34 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	pv-drivers@...are.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vmxnet3: fix netpoll race condition

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:24:08AM -0700, Shreyas Bhatewara wrote:
> > > The fix is to do as other drivers do, and have the poll controller call the
> > > top
> > > half interrupt handler, which schedules a napi poll properly to recieve
> > > frames
> > > 
> > > Tested by myself, successfully.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> > 
> > VMware folks, please review
> > 
> Neil, thanks for the updated change. It looks good.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Shreyas N Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>
> 
Thanks guys!
Neil

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