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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.9-rc3] dev_close: use of netif_poll_disable
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:02:29 -0700
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 22:28:05 +0200
Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com> wrote:

> Use of identical (comment included) netif_poll_disable().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>

It's not identical.  netif_poll_disable() actually sets the
__LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED bit when it finally sees it clear.

Whereas this code in net/core/dev.c is just waiting for it
to clear.