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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/8139too.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/8139too.c b/drivers/net/8139too.c
index 120baaa90754..d2102a27d307 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8139too.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8139too.c
@@ -1598,13 +1598,19 @@ static void rtl8139_thread (void *_data)
{
struct net_device *dev = _data;
struct rtl8139_private *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
+ unsigned long thr_delay;
if (rtnl_shlock_nowait() == 0) {
rtl8139_thread_iter (dev, tp, tp->mmio_addr);
rtnl_unlock ();
+
+ thr_delay = next_tick;
+ } else {
+ /* unlikely race. mitigate with fast poll. */
+ thr_delay = HZ / 2;
}
- schedule_delayed_work(&tp->thread, next_tick);
+ schedule_delayed_work(&tp->thread, thr_delay);
}
static void rtl8139_start_thread(struct rtl8139_private *tp)