[NET] netpoll: don't spin forever sending to stopped queues
When transmitting a skb in netpoll_send_skb(), only retry a limited number
of times if the device queue is stopped.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 9cb7818..377d1e7 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -279,14 +279,10 @@
* network drivers do not expect to be called if the queue is
* stopped.
*/
- if (netif_queue_stopped(np->dev)) {
- netif_tx_unlock(np->dev);
- netpoll_poll(np);
- udelay(50);
- continue;
- }
+ status = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+ if (!netif_queue_stopped(np->dev))
+ status = np->dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, np->dev);
- status = np->dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, np->dev);
netif_tx_unlock(np->dev);
/* success */