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Subject: Re: [PATCH] TI Davinci EMAC : Fix Console Hang when bringing the
 interface down
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:17:59 -0800 (PST)
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From: Sriramakrishnan <srk@ti.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:42 +0530

> In the NAPI poll function(emac_poll), check for netif_running()
> is unnecassary. In addition to associated runtime overhead, it
> also results in a continuous softirq loop when the interface is
> brought down under heavy traffic(tested wit Traffic Generator).
> Once the interface is disabled, the poll function always returns
> zero(with the check for netif_running) and napi_complete() would
> never get called resulting in softirq loop.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sriramakrishnan <srk@ti.com>
> Acked-by: Chaithrika U S <chaithrika@ti.com>

Applied to net-2.6