Re: [RFC] net: napi fix

David Miller
2007-12-12T15:21:37Z

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:46:34 -0800

> Isn't this a better fix for all drivers, rather than peppering every
> driver with the special case. This is how the logic worked up until
> 2.6.24.

Stephen this is not the problem.

The problem is that the driver is doing a NAPI completion and
re-enabling chip interrupts with work_done == weight, and that is
illegal.