We must not call netif_poll_enable after enabling interrupts,
because an interrupt might come in and set the __LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED
bit before we get to clear that bit again. If that happens,
the next call to the ->poll() function will oops.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Kou Ishizaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

I refreshed Arnd-san's patch.


Index: linux-powerpc-git/drivers/net/spider_net.c
===================================================================
--- linux-powerpc-git.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c     2007-08-21 
16:58:44.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-powerpc-git/drivers/net/spider_net.c  2007-08-21 17:11:07.000000000 
+0900
@@ -2030,6 +2030,7 @@ spider_net_open(struct net_device *netde
        /* further enhancement: setup hw vlan, if needed */
 
        result = -EBUSY;
+       netif_poll_enable(netdev);
        if (request_irq(netdev->irq, spider_net_interrupt,
                             IRQF_SHARED, netdev->name, netdev))
                goto register_int_failed;
@@ -2038,13 +2039,13 @@ spider_net_open(struct net_device *netde
 
        netif_start_queue(netdev);
        netif_carrier_on(netdev);
-       netif_poll_enable(netdev);
 
        spider_net_enable_interrupts(card);
 
        return 0;
 
 register_int_failed:
+       netif_poll_disable(netdev);
        spider_net_free_rx_chain_contents(card);
 alloc_skbs_failed:
        spider_net_free_chain(card, &card->rx_chain);
-
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