[NET]: Do not grab device reference when scheduling a NAPI poll.

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / include / linux / netdevice.h

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9b0c8f12373e14258382c40abeca4c55ee060b65..e393995d283a55ee7e98188987b9f32658c5c144 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -739,6 +739,16 @@ static inline void *netdev_priv(const struct net_device *dev)
  */
 #define SET_NETDEV_DEV(net, pdev)      ((net)->dev.parent = (pdev))
 
+/**
+ *     netif_napi_add - initialize a napi context
+ *     @dev:  network device
+ *     @napi: napi context
+ *     @poll: polling function
+ *     @weight: default weight
+ *
+ * netif_napi_add() must be used to initialize a napi context prior to calling
+ * *any* of the other napi related functions.
+ */
 static inline void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev,
                                  struct napi_struct *napi,
                                  int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int),
@@ -1267,7 +1277,6 @@ static inline int netif_rx_schedule_prep(struct net_device *dev,
 static inline void __netif_rx_schedule(struct net_device *dev,
                                       struct napi_struct *napi)
 {
-       dev_hold(dev);
        __napi_schedule(napi);
 }
 
@@ -1298,7 +1307,6 @@ static inline void __netif_rx_complete(struct net_device *dev,
                                       struct napi_struct *napi)
 {
        __napi_complete(napi);
-       dev_put(dev);
 }
 
 /* Remove interface from poll list: it must be in the poll list