e1000e: fix flow control denial of service possibility

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this patch avoids a denial of service from an evildoer sending a
continuous stream of flow control at our adapter that is plugged
into a non-flow control enabled switch.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>

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Jesse Brandeburg 2008-02-21 15:11:02 -08:00 • committed by Jeff Garzik

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commit de92d84ec2

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drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c

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