Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

net/core/dev.c

@@ -5981,11 +5981,14 @@ bool napi_complete_done(struct napi_struct *n, int work_done)
 		if (work_done)
 			timeout = n->dev->gro_flush_timeout;
 
+		/* When the NAPI instance uses a timeout and keeps postponing
+		 * it, we need to bound somehow the time packets are kept in
+		 * the GRO layer
+		 */
+		napi_gro_flush(n, !!timeout);
 		if (timeout)
 			hrtimer_start(&n->timer, ns_to_ktime(timeout),
 				      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
-		else
-			napi_gro_flush(n, false);
 	}
 	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&n->poll_list))) {
 		/* If n->poll_list is not empty, we need to mask irqs */