[RFC] net: napi fix

Stephen Hemminger
2007-12-12T05:48:29Z

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.

--- a/net/core/dev.c 2007-12-11 12:16:20.000000000 -0800
+++ b/net/core/dev.c 2007-12-11 21:43:39.000000000 -0800
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ static void net_rx_action(struct softirq

have = netpoll_poll_lock(n);

- weight = n->weight;
+ weight = min(n->weight, budget);

/* This NAPI_STATE_SCHED test is for avoiding a race
* with netpoll's poll_napi(). Only the entity which