Re: [PATCH] Re: Linux 2.6.0-test5

[walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Note that people seeing "ifconfig down ... ifconfig up" problems need to 
> apply this patch.  (to 2.4.23-pre, too)
> 
>     Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> diff -Nru a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> --- a/net/core/dev.c	Mon Sep  8 18:14:36 2003
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c	Mon Sep  8 18:14:36 2003
> @@ -851,7 +851,11 @@
>  	 * engine, but this requires more changes in devices. */
>  
>  	smp_mb__after_clear_bit(); /* Commit netif_running(). */
> -	netif_poll_disable(dev);
> +	while (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED, &dev->state)) {
> +		/* No hurry. */
> +		current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> +		schedule_timeout(1);
> +	}
>  
>  	/*
>  	 *	Call the device specific close. This cannot fail.

Okay!  I'm at least back where I started.  This patch doen't fix the
ifconfig down/up problem, but it does reverse the disastrous effects
of the last tg3 updates in both 2.6 and 2.4

Is there any reason this patch should not be committed?

Thanks.