David Miller writes: > > Is the netif_running() check even required? > > No, it is not. > > When a device is brought down, one of the first things > that happens is that we wait for all pending NAPI polls > to complete, then block any new polls from starting.
Hello! Yes but the reason was not to wait for all pending polls to complete so a server/router could be rebooted even under high- load and DOS. We've experienced some nasty problems with this. Cheers. --ro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html