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iwmc3200wifi: replace netif_rx with netif_rx_ni

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The patch uses netif_rx_ni() over netif_rx() to post buffers to
upper network code because it is always scheduled in a workqueue.
The problem was first observed from a dynamic ticks warning:

    "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending ..."

Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Zhu Yi 2009-06-25 18:28:30 +08:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 8ab0ea7727
commit dd13fd6498
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drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/rx.c
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@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ static void iwm_rx_process_packet(struct iwm_priv *iwm,
ndev->stats.rx_packets++;
ndev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
if (netif_rx(skb) == NET_RX_DROP) {
if (netif_rx_ni(skb) == NET_RX_DROP) {
IWM_ERR(iwm, "Packet dropped\n");
ndev->stats.rx_dropped++;
}