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From: Mike McCormack <mikem@ring3k.org>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix a race between sky2_down and sky2_poll.
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:29:50 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A24C6DE.1040301@ring3k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090601210728.2be1a903@nehalam>

Stephen Hemminger wrote:

>> -	/* Make sure no packets are pending */
>> -	napi_synchronize(&hw->napi);

> Down is also used during suspend/resume and changing MTU so this needs
> more inspection.

Could it be that the real problem is with the non-SMP case for 
napi_synchronize()?  The comment in include/linux/netdevice.h claims 
that napi_synchronize() "Waits till any outstanding processing 
completes..." but the implementation for non-SMP is just a barrier()...

Mike


      reply	other threads:[~2009-06-02  6:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-02  1:40 [PATCH] Fix a race between sky2_down and sky2_poll Mike McCormack
2009-06-02  4:07 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-06-02  6:29   ` Mike McCormack [this message]

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