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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atm/br2684: netif_stop_queue() when atm device busy
 and netif_wake_queue() when we can send packets again.
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:27:07 -0700 (PDT)
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From: "Chas Williams (CONTRACTOR)" <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:29:47 -0400

> This patch removes the call to dev_kfree_skb() when the atm device is busy.
> Calling dev_kfree_skb() causes heavy packet loss then the device is under
> heavy load, the more correct behavior should be to stop the upper layers,
> then when the lower device can queue packets again wake the upper layers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karl Hiramoto <karl@hiramoto.org>
> Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>

Applied to net-next-2.6, but Chas your email client corrupted
the patch by breaking up long lines:

> @@ -142,6 +142,22 @@ static struct net_device *br2684_find_dev(const struct br
> 2684_if_spec *s)

Like that.