Re: [BUG] Regression in 2fdac010drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c: update napi implementation

[Francois Romieu]

Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> :
[...]
> There has already been a discussion about this, and a patch has already 
> been proposed.  It has to do with lock managament.  I will look for the 
> email.

The underlying problem has to do with disabled irq. netif_receive_skb
assumes irq to be enabled. Current via-velocity poll() method should
narrow its (spinlocked) irq disabled section.

What I've done should not require much analysis (aka "what could race
with the rx bh processing in a napi driver ?") and avoids a more intrusive
lockless napi design.

-- 
Ueimor
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