[PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

The EMAC driver which needs to handle multiple devices with one
NAPI instance implements its own per-channel disable bit. However,
when setting such a bit, it needs to synchronize with the poller
(that is make sure that any pending poller instance has completed,
or is started late enough to see that disable bit).

This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
use it (to please DaveM :-)

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
---

(Use correct address for Stephen this time)

If the approach is accepted, I would like to have this merged now
so the EMAC patch to make it work again can follow :-)

Note: I use msleep_interruptible(1); just like napi_disable(). However
I'm not too happy that the "hot" loop that results of a pending signal
here will spin without even a cpu_relax ... what do you guys think would
be the best way to handle this ?



Index: linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h
===================================================================
--- linux-work.orig/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-16 15:27:27.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-16 15:27:38.000000000 +1000
@@ -394,6 +394,21 @@ static inline void napi_disable(struct n
 }
 
 /**
+ *	__napi_synchronize - synchronize with a concurrent poll
+ *	@n: napi context
+ *
+ * Synchronizes with a concurrent poll. Not to be used in normal
+ * drivers, mostly useful if you end up with multiple interfaces
+ * on one NAPI instance.
+ */
+static inline void __napi_synchronize(struct napi_struct *n)
+{
+	smp_mb();
+	while (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
+		msleep_interruptible(1);
+}
+
+/**
  *	napi_enable - enable NAPI scheduling
  *	@n: napi context
  *

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Herbert Xu]

Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> Note: I use msleep_interruptible(1); just like napi_disable(). However
> I'm not too happy that the "hot" loop that results of a pending signal
> here will spin without even a cpu_relax ... what do you guys think would
> be the best way to handle this ?

Well since the loop does not check signals at all, it should
just use msleep.

Granted the process will end up in the D state and contribute
to the load average.  But if this loop executes long enough
for that to be noticed then we've got bigger problems to worry
about.

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Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 14:06 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> >
> > Note: I use msleep_interruptible(1); just like napi_disable(). However
> > I'm not too happy that the "hot" loop that results of a pending signal
> > here will spin without even a cpu_relax ... what do you guys think would
> > be the best way to handle this ?
> 
> Well since the loop does not check signals at all, it should
> just use msleep.
> 
> Granted the process will end up in the D state and contribute
> to the load average.  But if this loop executes long enough
> for that to be noticed then we've got bigger problems to worry
> about.

If Dave & Stephen agree, I'll send a patch changing napi_disable() too
then.

Cheers,
Ben.

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[David Miller]

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:37:03 +1000

> 
> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 14:06 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Note: I use msleep_interruptible(1); just like napi_disable(). However
> > > I'm not too happy that the "hot" loop that results of a pending signal
> > > here will spin without even a cpu_relax ... what do you guys think would
> > > be the best way to handle this ?
> > 
> > Well since the loop does not check signals at all, it should
> > just use msleep.
> > 
> > Granted the process will end up in the D state and contribute
> > to the load average.  But if this loop executes long enough
> > for that to be noticed then we've got bigger problems to worry
> > about.
> 
> If Dave & Stephen agree, I'll send a patch changing napi_disable() too
> then.

I agree with the msleep() change.

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:49:52 +1000
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

> net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll
> 
> The EMAC driver which needs to handle multiple devices with one
> NAPI instance implements its own per-channel disable bit. However,
> when setting such a bit, it needs to synchronize with the poller
> (that is make sure that any pending poller instance has completed,
> or is started late enough to see that disable bit).
> 
> This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
> that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
> to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
> use it (to please DaveM :-)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
> ---
> 
> (Use correct address for Stephen this time)
> 
> If the approach is accepted, I would like to have this merged now
> so the EMAC patch to make it work again can follow :-)
> 
> Note: I use msleep_interruptible(1); just like napi_disable(). However
> I'm not too happy that the "hot" loop that results of a pending signal
> here will spin without even a cpu_relax ... what do you guys think would
> be the best way to handle this ?


So this is really just like synchronize_irq()?  Using msleep is bogus
because you want to spin, you are only waiting for a softirq on the other
cpu to finish. If you wait for a whole millisecond and sleep that
is far longer than the napi routine should take.

You could even optimize it like synchronize_irq() for the non-SMP case.



-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

> So this is really just like synchronize_irq()?  Using msleep is bogus
> because you want to spin, you are only waiting for a softirq on the other
> cpu to finish. If you wait for a whole millisecond and sleep that
> is far longer than the napi routine should take.
> 
> You could even optimize it like synchronize_irq() for the non-SMP case.

It's just like synchronize_irq() indeed. I used the mlseep() just like
napi_disable() mostly because I use it in a very similar context, for
disabling my sub-channels on things like link change etc... where I need
to reconfigure parts of the chip.

I prefer sleeping in my case but I agree that if somebody else was going
to use for something else more performance critical, it might be an
issue. On the other hand, spinning will not be nice for my usage
scenario :-)

I agree about the SMP optimisation though again, in my usage pattern,
it's very unimportant (similar code path as napi_disable)

I'll respin later today though.

Cheers,
Ben.

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

napi: use non-interruptible sleep in napi_disable

The current napi_disable() uses msleep_interruptible() but doesn't
(and can't) exit in case there's a signal, thus ending up doing a
hot spin without a cpu_relax. Use uninterruptible sleep instead.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
---

Index: linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h
===================================================================
--- linux-work.orig/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-17 12:39:16.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-17 12:45:00.000000000 +1000
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static inline void napi_complete(struct 
 static inline void napi_disable(struct napi_struct *n)
 {
 	while (test_and_set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
-		msleep_interruptible(1);
+		msleep(1);
 }
 
 /**

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

net: Add __napi_synchronize() to sync with napi poll

The EMAC driver which needs to handle multiple devices with one
NAPI instance implements its own per-channel disable bit. However,
when setting such a bit, it needs to synchronize with the poller
(that is make sure that any pending poller instance has completed,
or is started late enough to see that disable bit).

This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
use it (to please DaveM :-)

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
---

Switched to do a cpu_relax() spin instead and only on SMP. Not that
we have an smp_mb() in there which synchronize_irq() lacks. I believe
this is a bug in synchronize_irq() which I'll handle separately.

Note: unfortunately, Jeff already picked up the EMAC patch without
waiting for this to be sorted out (oops...). So if you agree with
this patch, it would be nice to have it go in quickly or maybe via
Jeff's tree to avoid breakage ? Not terribly important tho.

Index: linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h
===================================================================
--- linux-work.orig/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-17 12:39:40.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-17 12:40:59.000000000 +1000
@@ -394,6 +394,23 @@ static inline void napi_disable(struct n
 }
 
 /**
+ *	__napi_synchronize - synchronize with a concurrent poll
+ *	@n: napi context
+ *
+ * Synchronizes with a concurrent poll. Not to be used in normal
+ * drivers, mostly useful if you end up with multiple interfaces
+ * on one NAPI instance.
+ */
+static inline void __napi_synchronize(struct napi_struct *n)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	smp_mb();
+	while (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
+		cpu_relax();
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+}
+
+/**
  *	napi_enable - enable NAPI scheduling
  *	@n: napi context
  *

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Jeff Garzik]

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> net: Add __napi_synchronize() to sync with napi poll
> 
> The EMAC driver which needs to handle multiple devices with one
> NAPI instance implements its own per-channel disable bit. However,
> when setting such a bit, it needs to synchronize with the poller
> (that is make sure that any pending poller instance has completed,
> or is started late enough to see that disable bit).
> 
> This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
> that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
> to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
> use it (to please DaveM :-)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
> ---
> 
> Switched to do a cpu_relax() spin instead and only on SMP. Not that
> we have an smp_mb() in there which synchronize_irq() lacks. I believe
> this is a bug in synchronize_irq() which I'll handle separately.
> 
> Note: unfortunately, Jeff already picked up the EMAC patch without
> waiting for this to be sorted out (oops...). So if you agree with
> this patch, it would be nice to have it go in quickly or maybe via
> Jeff's tree to avoid breakage ? Not terribly important tho.


Sorry, I thought that was the way everybody was headed.  With the driver 
broken /anyway/, I just sorta threw it into the pile of fixes.

It's upstream now, so let me know if you want to revert or move forward 
from here...

	Jeff

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

\
> > Note: unfortunately, Jeff already picked up the EMAC patch without
> > waiting for this to be sorted out (oops...). So if you agree with
> > this patch, it would be nice to have it go in quickly or maybe via
> > Jeff's tree to avoid breakage ? Not terribly important tho.
> 
> 
> Sorry, I thought that was the way everybody was headed.  With the driver 
> broken /anyway/, I just sorta threw it into the pile of fixes.
> 
> It's upstream now, so let me know if you want to revert or move forward 
> from here...

Let's just move forward. I can always re-fix the driver :-)

Ben.

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Stephen Hemminger]

Please don't use double underscore, for this function name. There is no
reason to not make it a normal API call.

The sky2 fix I am working on will use napi_synchronize as well.

--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-16 16:48:20.000000000 -0700
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-17 08:29:55.000000000 -0700
@@ -407,6 +407,24 @@ static inline void napi_enable(struct na
 	clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+/**
+ *	napi_synchronize - wait until NAPI is not running
+ *	@n: napi context
+ *
+ * Wait until NAPI is done being scheduled on this context.
+ * Any outstanding processing completes but
+ * does not disable future activations.
+ */
+static inline void napi_synchronize(const struct napi_struct *n)
+{
+	while (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
+		msleep(1);
+}
+#else
+# define napi_synchronize(n)	barrier()
+#endif
+
 /*
  *	The DEVICE structure.
  *	Actually, this whole structure is a big mistake.  It mixes I/O

Re: [PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 08:31 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Please don't use double underscore, for this function name. There is no
> reason to not make it a normal API call.
> 
> The sky2 fix I am working on will use napi_synchronize as well.

Allright. A compiler barrier in the !SMP case makes sense, but I would
still want an smp_mb() before the test_bit. I think it's a bug in
synchronize_irq not to have it.

Cheers,
Ben.
 
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-16 16:48:20.000000000 -0700
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-17 08:29:55.000000000 -0700
> @@ -407,6 +407,24 @@ static inline void napi_enable(struct na
>  	clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state);
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +/**
> + *	napi_synchronize - wait until NAPI is not running
> + *	@n: napi context
> + *
> + * Wait until NAPI is done being scheduled on this context.
> + * Any outstanding processing completes but
> + * does not disable future activations.
> + */
> +static inline void napi_synchronize(const struct napi_struct *n)
> +{
> +	while (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
> +		msleep(1);
> +}
> +#else
> +# define napi_synchronize(n)	barrier()
> +#endif
> +
>  /*
>   *	The DEVICE structure.
>   *	Actually, this whole structure is a big mistake.  It mixes I/O

[PATCH] net: Add napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

net: Add __napi_synchronize() to sync with napi poll

The EMAC driver which needs to handle multiple devices with one
NAPI instance implements its own per-channel disable bit. However,
when setting such a bit, it needs to synchronize with the poller
(that is make sure that any pending poller instance has completed,
or is started late enough to see that disable bit).

This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
use it (to please DaveM :-)

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
---

Back to msleep() since it fits my need well and that's what
you used as well. Note that the smp_mb() will turn into barrier()
on non-SMP.

I'll send a separate patch to fix EMAC to use the non __ version.

Index: linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h
===================================================================
--- linux-work.orig/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-17 13:31:32.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-18 08:01:05.000000000 +1000
@@ -394,6 +394,23 @@ static inline void napi_disable(struct n
 }
 
 /**
+ *	napi_synchronize - synchronize with a concurrent poll
+ *	@n: napi context
+ *
+ * Synchronizes with a concurrent poll. Not to be used in normal
+ * drivers, mostly useful if you end up with multiple interfaces
+ * on one NAPI instance. This must be called from task context.
+ */
+static inline void napi_synchronize(struct napi_struct *n)
+{
+	smp_mb();
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	while (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
+		msleep(1);
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+}
+
+/**
  *	napi_enable - enable NAPI scheduling
  *	@n: napi context
  *

Re: [PATCH] net: Add napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Josh Boyer]

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 08:04 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> net: Add __napi_synchronize() to sync with napi poll
> 
> The EMAC driver which needs to handle multiple devices with one
> NAPI instance implements its own per-channel disable bit. However,
> when setting such a bit, it needs to synchronize with the poller
> (that is make sure that any pending poller instance has completed,
> or is started late enough to see that disable bit).
> 
> This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
> that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
> to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
> use it (to please DaveM :-)

Erm.. your commit log calls it __napi_synchronize still.

josh

Re: [PATCH] net: Add napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 18:36 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 08:04 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > net: Add __napi_synchronize() to sync with napi poll
> > 
> > The EMAC driver which needs to handle multiple devices with one
> > NAPI instance implements its own per-channel disable bit. However,
> > when setting such a bit, it needs to synchronize with the poller
> > (that is make sure that any pending poller instance has completed,
> > or is started late enough to see that disable bit).
> > 
> > This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
> > that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
> > to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
> > use it (to please DaveM :-)
> 
> Erm.. your commit log calls it __napi_synchronize still.

The commit is a mistake, I sent a patch to rename it, or did I miss
something ?

Ben.

Re: [PATCH] net: Add napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Josh Boyer]

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 08:04 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> net: Add __napi_synchronize() to sync with napi poll
> 
> The EMAC driver which needs to handle multiple devices with one
> NAPI instance implements its own per-channel disable bit. However,
> when setting such a bit, it needs to synchronize with the poller
> (that is make sure that any pending poller instance has completed,
> or is started late enough to see that disable bit).
> 
> This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
> that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
> to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
> use it (to please DaveM :-)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

Ok, trying again, leaving the actual patch below.  In the above patch
description, you still call it __napi_synchronize.  In the patch below,
it's napi_syncronize.

I was just trying to point out to whomever commits this patch that the
actual description should probably be fixed.

> ---
> 
> Back to msleep() since it fits my need well and that's what
> you used as well. Note that the smp_mb() will turn into barrier()
> on non-SMP.
> 
> I'll send a separate patch to fix EMAC to use the non __ version.
> 
> Index: linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-work.orig/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-17 13:31:32.000000000 +1000
> +++ linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-18 08:01:05.000000000 +1000
> @@ -394,6 +394,23 @@ static inline void napi_disable(struct n
>  }
> 
>  /**
> + *	napi_synchronize - synchronize with a concurrent poll
> + *	@n: napi context
> + *
> + * Synchronizes with a concurrent poll. Not to be used in normal
> + * drivers, mostly useful if you end up with multiple interfaces
> + * on one NAPI instance. This must be called from task context.
> + */
> +static inline void napi_synchronize(struct napi_struct *n)
> +{
> +	smp_mb();
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +	while (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
> +		msleep(1);
> +#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
> +}
> +
> +/**
>   *	napi_enable - enable NAPI scheduling
>   *	@n: napi context
>   *
> 
> 
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Re: [PATCH] net: Add napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 20:02 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> k, trying again, leaving the actual patch below.  In the above patch
> description, you still call it __napi_synchronize.  In the patch
> below,
> it's napi_syncronize.
> 
> I was just trying to point out to whomever commits this patch that the
> actual description should probably be fixed.

Yup, I noticed finally :-) I think whoever commits can fix it up (it's
likely that it's sch patch that gets commited anyway).

Ben.

Re: [PATCH] net: Add napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

> This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
> that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
> to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
> use it (to please DaveM :-)

And I forgot to remove that bit from the description... as pointed out
by Josh. Grrr...

Ben.

[PATCH] fix EMAC driver for proper napi_synchronize API

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

The EMAC driver "fix" was merged by mistake before the dust had settled on
the new napi synchronize interface (and before it got merged). The final
version of that function is spelled without underscores.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
--- 

Index: linux-work/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.c
===================================================================
--- linux-work.orig/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.c	2007-10-18 08:02:22.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-work/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/mal.c	2007-10-18 08:02:24.000000000 +1000
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void mal_poll_disable(struct mal_instanc
 		msleep(1);
 
 	/* Synchronize with the MAL NAPI poller */
-	__napi_synchronize(&mal->napi);
+	napi_synchronize(&mal->napi);
 }
 
 void mal_poll_enable(struct mal_instance *mal, struct mal_commac *commac)

Re: [PATCH] fix EMAC driver for proper napi_synchronize API

[Jeff Garzik]

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> The EMAC driver "fix" was merged by mistake before the dust had settled on
> the new napi synchronize interface (and before it got merged). The final
> version of that function is spelled without underscores.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

applied

[PATCH/RFC] net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

net: Add __napi_sycnhronize() to sync with napi poll

The EMAC driver which needs to handle multiple devices with one
NAPI instance implements its own per-channel disable bit. However,
when setting such a bit, it needs to synchronize with the poller
(that is make sure that any pending poller instance has completed,
or is started late enough to see that disable bit).

This implements a low level __napi_synchronize() function to acheive
that. The underscores are to emphasis the low level aspect of it and
to discourage driver writers who don't know what they are doing to
use it (to please DaveM :-)

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
---

If the approach is accepted, I would like to have this merged now
so the EMAC patch to make it work again can follow :-)

Note: I use msleep_interruptible(1); just like napi_disable(). However
I'm not too happy that the "hot" loop that results of a pending signal
here will spin without even a cpu_relax ... what do you guys think would
be the best way to handle this ?



Index: linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h
===================================================================
--- linux-work.orig/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-16 15:27:27.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-10-16 15:27:38.000000000 +1000
@@ -394,6 +394,21 @@ static inline void napi_disable(struct n
 }
 
 /**
+ *	__napi_synchronize - synchronize with a concurrent poll
+ *	@n: napi context
+ *
+ * Synchronizes with a concurrent poll. Not to be used in normal
+ * drivers, mostly useful if you end up with multiple interfaces
+ * on one NAPI instance.
+ */
+static inline void __napi_synchronize(struct napi_struct *n)
+{
+	smp_mb();
+	while (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
+		msleep_interruptible(1);
+}
+
+/**
  *	napi_enable - enable NAPI scheduling
  *	@n: napi context
  *