[RFC] net: napi fix

[Stephen Hemminger]

Isn't this a better fix for all drivers, rather than peppering every
driver with the special case. This is how the logic worked up until
2.6.24.


--- a/net/core/dev.c	2007-12-11 12:16:20.000000000 -0800
+++ b/net/core/dev.c	2007-12-11 21:43:39.000000000 -0800
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ static void net_rx_action(struct softirq
 
 		have = netpoll_poll_lock(n);
 
-		weight = n->weight;
+		weight = min(n->weight, budget);
 
 		/* This NAPI_STATE_SCHED test is for avoiding a race
 		 * with netpoll's poll_napi().  Only the entity which
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