Florian Westphal <f...@strlen.de> :
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
> index d0084d4..a3200ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
[...]
> @@ -2217,16 +2215,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t atl1c_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff
> *skb,
> }
>
> tpd_req = atl1c_cal_tpd_req(skb);
> - if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&adapter->tx_lock, flags)) {
> - if (netif_msg_pktdata(adapter))
> - dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, "tx locked\n");
> - return NETDEV_TX_LOCKED;
> - }
>
> if (atl1c_tpd_avail(adapter, type) < tpd_req) {
> /* no enough descriptor, just stop queue */
> netif_stop_queue(netdev);
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
> return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
> }
>
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.
--
Ueimor
