Merge branch 'linux-2.6'

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index a2f003239c85..ee81906b5164 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -383,9 +383,11 @@ static inline void __napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
 
 static inline void napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
 {
-        local_irq_disable();
+        unsigned long flags;
+
+        local_irq_save(flags);
         __napi_complete(n);
-        local_irq_enable();
+        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1072,12 +1074,14 @@ static inline int netif_is_multiqueue(const struct net_device *dev)
 }
 
 /* Use this variant when it is known for sure that it
- * is executing from interrupt context.
+ * is executing from hardware interrupt context or with hardware interrupts
+ * disabled.
  */
 extern void dev_kfree_skb_irq(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /* Use this variant in places where it could be invoked
- * either from interrupt or non-interrupt context.
+ * from either hardware interrupt or other context, with hardware interrupts
+ * either disabled or enabled.
  */
 extern void dev_kfree_skb_any(struct sk_buff *skb);