Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] atl1c: remove private tx lock

[Francois Romieu]

Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> :
> Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
> > Play it safe and keep the implicit local_irq_{save / restore} call ?
> > 
> > It may not be needed but it will help avoiding any unexpected regression
> > report pointing at the NETDEV_TX_LOCKED removal change.
> 
> I thought about that but it doesn't prevent the irq handler from
> running on another CPU, so leaving it around seemed like cargo culting
> to me...

I don't mind removing it in a different patch at all. I'd rather see
the commit history underline that it's unrelated to whatever
NETDEV_TX_LOCKED / LLTX change.

> I don't have an atl1c, but the atl1e in my laptop seems to work fine
> with the (similar) change.
> 
> If you disagree I can respin with local_irq_save of course, but, if
> 'playing it safe' is main goal then its simpler to convert
> spin_trylock_irqsave to spin_lock_irqsave.

Your call, really.

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Ueimor