Re: [RFC] net: napi fix

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
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