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authorOlaf Kirch <olaf.kirch@oracle.com>2007-07-11 19:32:02 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2007-07-11 19:32:02 -0700
commit29578624e354f56143d92510fff33a8b2aaa2c03 (patch)
tree67d0f28264dbeacedde4882f1e76157894ba33ba /include/linux/netdevice.h
parent1fd05ba5a2f2aa8e7b9b52ef55df850e2e7d54c9 (diff)
[NET]: Fix races in net_rx_action vs netpoll.
Keep netpoll/poll_napi from messing with the poll_list. Only net_rx_action is allowed to manipulate the list. Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <olaf.kirch@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/netdevice.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 8590d685d93..79cc3dab4be 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ enum netdev_state_t
__LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING,
__LINK_STATE_DORMANT,
__LINK_STATE_QDISC_RUNNING,
+ /* Set by the netpoll NAPI code */
+ __LINK_STATE_POLL_LIST_FROZEN,
};
@@ -1014,6 +1016,14 @@ static inline void netif_rx_complete(struct net_device *dev)
{
unsigned long flags;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
+ /* Prevent race with netpoll - yes, this is a kludge.
+ * But at least it doesn't penalize the non-netpoll
+ * code path. */
+ if (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_POLL_LIST_FROZEN, &dev->state))
+ return;
+#endif
+
local_irq_save(flags);
__netif_rx_complete(dev);
local_irq_restore(flags);