Re: [PATCH] netxen_nic: use spin_[un]lock_bh around tx_clean_lock (2)

[David Miller]

From: Tony Camuso <tcamuso@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed,  6 May 2015 09:09:18 -0400

> This patch should have been part of the previous patch having the
> same summary. See  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=143039470103795&w=2
> Unfortunately, I didn't check to see where else this lock was used before
> submitting that patch. This should take care of it for netxen_nic, as I
> did a thorough search this time.
> 
> To recap from the original patch; although testing this driver with
> DEBUG_LOCKDEP and DEBUG_SPINLOCK enabled did not produce any traces,
> it would be more prudent in the case of tx_clean_lock to use _bh
> versions of spin_[un]lock, since this lock is manipulated in both
> the process and softirq contexts.
> 
> This patch was tested for functionality and regressions with netperf
> and DEBUG_LOCKDEP and DEBUG_SPINLOCK enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Camuso <tcamuso@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.
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