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-rw-r--r--net/core/netpoll.c19
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 758dafe284c0..f8e74e511ce6 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -250,22 +250,23 @@ static void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
unsigned long flags;
local_irq_save(flags);
- if (netif_tx_trylock(dev)) {
- /* try until next clock tick */
- for (tries = jiffies_to_usecs(1)/USEC_PER_POLL;
- tries > 0; --tries) {
+ /* try until next clock tick */
+ for (tries = jiffies_to_usecs(1)/USEC_PER_POLL;
+ tries > 0; --tries) {
+ if (netif_tx_trylock(dev)) {
if (!netif_queue_stopped(dev))
status = dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, dev);
+ netif_tx_unlock(dev);
if (status == NETDEV_TX_OK)
break;
- /* tickle device maybe there is some cleanup */
- netpoll_poll(np);
-
- udelay(USEC_PER_POLL);
}
- netif_tx_unlock(dev);
+
+ /* tickle device maybe there is some cleanup */
+ netpoll_poll(np);
+
+ udelay(USEC_PER_POLL);
}
local_irq_restore(flags);
}