Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

--- a/net/core/netpoll.c        2007-11-03 09:19:34.000000000 -0700
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c        2007-11-03 09:33:31.000000000 -0700
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static atomic_t trapped;
 
 #define USEC_PER_POLL  50
 #define NETPOLL_RX_ENABLED  1
-#define NETPOLL_RX_DROP     2
 
 #define MAX_SKB_SIZE \
                (MAX_UDP_CHUNK + sizeof(struct udphdr) + \
@@ -128,13 +127,11 @@ static int poll_one_napi(struct netpoll_
        if (!test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &napi->state))
                return budget;
 
-       npinfo->rx_flags |= NETPOLL_RX_DROP;
        atomic_inc(&trapped);
 
        work = napi->poll(napi, budget);
 
        atomic_dec(&trapped);
-       npinfo->rx_flags &= ~NETPOLL_RX_DROP;
 
        return budget - work;
 }
@@ -475,7 +472,7 @@ int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
        if (skb->dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER)
                goto out;
 
-       /* check if netpoll clients need ARP */
+       /* if receive ARP during middle of NAPI poll, then queue */
        if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_ARP) &&
            atomic_read(&trapped)) {
                skb_queue_tail(&npi->arp_tx, skb);
@@ -537,6 +534,9 @@ int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
        return 1;
 
 out:
+       /* If packet received while already in poll then just
+        * silently drop.
+        */
        if (atomic_read(&trapped)) {
                kfree_skb(skb);
                return 1;

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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