Re: [PATCH] pxa168: close race between napi and irq activation

[David Miller]

From: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@xxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 11:49:36 +0100

> In pxa168_eth_open() the irqs are enabled before napi. This opens a tiny time
> window in which the irq handler is processed, disables irqs but then is not able
> to schedule the not yet activated napi, leaving irqs disabled forever (since
> irqs are reenabled in napi poll function).
> Fix this race by activating napi before irqs are activated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@xxxxxx>

Applied.
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