smsc911x: Fix Console Hang when bringing the interface down.
authorSriram <srk@ti.com>
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:14:38 +0000 (02:14 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:17:41 +0000 (22:17 -0800)
commitf88c5b9887a95ce424db629ee79b57f6ef5bfddd
tree86841af447b91d80fe8fbd7da5b0fc0e9843e356
parent2c554e10e84e958366344aa5bd293c6feea72d89
smsc911x: Fix Console Hang when bringing the interface down.

In the NAPI poll function, check for netif_running() is unnecassary.
In addition to associated runtime overhead, it also results in
continuous softirq loop when the interface is brought down under heavy
traffic(tested with 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>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/smsc911x.c