Re: [PATCH] net: allow netif_carrier to be called safely from IRQ

[David Miller]

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:53:56 -0700

> As reported by Ben Greer and Froncois Romieu. The code path in 
> the netif_carrier code leads it to try and disable
> a late workqueue to reenable it immediately
> netif_carrier_on
> -> linkwatch_fire_event
>    -> linkwatch_schedule_work
>       -> cancel_delayed_work
>          -> del_timer_sync  
> 
> If __cancel_delayed_work is used instead then there is no
> problem of waiting for running linkwatch_event.
> 
> There is a race between linkwatch_event running re-scheduling
> but it is harmless to schedule an extra scan of the linkwatch queue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.
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