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e1000: remove races when changing mtu
authorJesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:19:02 +0000 (12:19 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:15:47 +0000 (20:15 -0700)
commit3d6114e71dffb9fb9dedc8569103310c5bbf0296
tree7fc265f766ef35cb6330e73680d83e6140fae30ftree | snapshot
parent8fce47317fc96b222ea7e28fb6d153b1855e91cdcommit | diff
e1000: remove races when changing mtu

this patch fixes a bug that occurs when routing packets and simultaneously
changing the mtu.  the rx_buffer_len variable is used during the rx cleanup
and if that changes on the fly without stopping traffic bad things happen

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c diff | blob | history
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