netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Prevent multiple NAPI instances co-existing in the list

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Message-ID: <20150108111554.GA8720@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 8 Jan 2015 22:15:54 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Dennis Chen <kernel.org.gnu@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, kernel.org.gnu@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Prevent multiple NAPI instances co-existing in the
 list

Dennis Chen <kernel.org.gnu@...il.com> wrote:
> Some drivers may clear the NAPI_STATE_SCHED bit upon the state of the
> NAPI instance after exhaust the budget in the poll function, which
> will open a window for next device interrupt handler to insert a same
> instance to the list after calling list_add_tail(&n->poll_list,
> repoll) if we don't set this bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dennis Chen <kernel.org.gnu@...il.com>

Which driver is doing this?

Cheers,
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