Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (36 commits)
  [ATM]: Check IP header validity in mpc_send_packet
  [IPV6]: IPV6_MULTICAST_IF setting is ignored on link-local connect()
  [CONNECTOR]: Don't touch queue dev after decrement of ref count.
  [SOCK]: Adds a rcu_dereference() in sk_filter
  [XFRM]: xfrm_algo_clone() allocates too much memory
  [FORCEDETH]: Fix reversing the MAC address on suspend.
  [NET]: mcs7830 passes msecs instead of jiffies to usb_control_msg
  [LRO] Fix lro_mgr->features checks
  [NET]: Clone the sk_buff 'iif' field in __skb_clone()
  [IPV4] ROUTE: ip_rt_dump() is unecessary slow
  [NET]: kaweth was forgotten in msec switchover of usb_start_wait_urb
  [NET] Intel ethernet drivers: update MAINTAINERS
  [NET]: Make ->poll() breakout consistent in Intel ethernet drivers.
  [NET]: Stop polling when napi_disable() is pending.
  [NET]: Fix drivers to handle napi_disable() disabling interrupts.
  [NETXEN]: Fix ->poll() done logic.
  mac80211: return an error when SIWRATE doesn't match any rate
  ssb: Fix probing of PCI cores if PCI and PCIE core is available
  [NET]: Do not check netif_running() and carrier state in ->poll()
  [NET]: Add NAPI_STATE_DISABLE.
  ...

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 2a8fc431099f..bca37bf0f545 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -852,11 +852,6 @@ static int xennet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
         spin_lock(&np->rx_lock);
 
-        if (unlikely(!netif_carrier_ok(dev))) {
-                spin_unlock(&np->rx_lock);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
         skb_queue_head_init(&rxq);
         skb_queue_head_init(&errq);
         skb_queue_head_init(&tmpq);