This is a set of small cleanups and fixes for netpoll that makes the code a little more penetratable and reliable. The most significant is patch 6 which adds the function skb_irq_freeable. Patch 6 makes use of skb_irq_freeable to simplify the logic in the network stack by freeing skbs as soon as possible and making the buggy function zap_completion_queue in netpoll completely pointless and thus unnecessary. Eric W. Biederman (6): netpoll: Remove gfp parameter from __netpoll_setup netpoll: Only call ndo_start_xmit from a single place netpoll: Don't allow on devices that perform their own xmit locking netpoll: Move rx enable/disable into __dev_close_many netpoll: Rename netpoll_rx_enable/disable to netpoll_poll_disable/enable net: Free skbs from irqs when possible. drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 6 +- drivers/net/team/team.c | 16 +++--- include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 +- include/linux/netpoll.h | 10 ++-- include/linux/skbuff.h | 13 +++++ net/8021q/vlan_dev.c | 7 +-- net/bridge/br_device.c | 15 +++--- net/bridge/br_if.c | 2 +- net/bridge/br_private.h | 4 +- net/core/dev.c | 31 +++++------ net/core/netpoll.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++----------------------- net/core/skbuff.c | 13 ++++- 12 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html