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Subject: Re: [RFC] net: napi fix
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From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@myri.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:29:23 -0500

> Is the netif_running() check even required?

No, it is not.

When a device is brought down, one of the first things
that happens is that we wait for all pending NAPI polls
to complete, then block any new polls from starting.