[PATCH 2/2] net: ethernet: altera: TSE: do not use tx queue lock in tx completion handler

From: Lino Sanfilippo
Date: Wed Nov 30 2016 - 17:49:03 EST


The driver already uses its private lock for synchronization between xmit
and xmit completion handler making the additional use of the xmit_lock
unnecessary.
Furthermore the driver does not set NETIF_F_LLTX resulting in xmit to be
called with the xmit_lock held and then taking the private lock while xmit
completion handler does the reverse, first take the private lock, then the
xmit_lock.
Fix these issues by not taking the xmit_lock in the tx completion handler.

Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Please note that this is only compile tested since I do not have the
concerning hardware.

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index 16c4163..cddc532 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static int tse_tx_complete(struct altera_tse_private *priv)

if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(priv->dev) &&
tse_tx_avail(priv) > TSE_TX_THRESH(priv))) {
- netif_tx_lock(priv->dev);
if (netif_queue_stopped(priv->dev) &&
tse_tx_avail(priv) > TSE_TX_THRESH(priv)) {
if (netif_msg_tx_done(priv))
@@ -471,7 +470,6 @@ static int tse_tx_complete(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
__func__);
netif_wake_queue(priv->dev);
}
- netif_tx_unlock(priv->dev);
}

spin_unlock(&priv->tx_lock);
--
2.7.4