Re: [rfc | patch 0/6] netpoll: add support for the bonding driver

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Initialize npinfo->rx_flags.  The way it stands now, this will have random
garbage, and so will incur a locking penalty even when an rx_hook isn't
registered and we are not active in the netpoll polling code.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <[email protected]>
---

--- linux-2.6.12/net/core/netpoll.c.orig	2005-07-01 14:02:56.039174635 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.12/net/core/netpoll.c	2005-07-01 14:03:16.688739508 -0400
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 		if (!npinfo)
 			goto release;
 
+		npinfo->rx_flags = 0;
 		npinfo->rx_np = NULL;
 		npinfo->poll_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 		npinfo->poll_owner = -1;
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