be_process_mcc() is invoked in 3 different places and always with BHs disabled except the be_poll function but since it's invoked from softirq with BHs disabled it won't hurt.
v1->v2: added explanation to the patch Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <k...@linux-powerpc.org> --- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 2 -- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c index ef5d61d57597..9365218f4d3b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ int be_process_mcc(struct be_adapter *adapter) int num = 0, status = 0; struct be_mcc_obj *mcc_obj = &adapter->mcc_obj; - spin_lock(&adapter->mcc_cq_lock); + spin_lock_bh(&adapter->mcc_cq_lock); while ((compl = be_mcc_compl_get(adapter))) { if (compl->flags & CQE_FLAGS_ASYNC_MASK) { @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ int be_process_mcc(struct be_adapter *adapter) if (num) be_cq_notify(adapter, mcc_obj->cq.id, mcc_obj->rearm_cq, num); - spin_unlock(&adapter->mcc_cq_lock); + spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mcc_cq_lock); return status; } diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c index 2edb86ec9fe9..4d8e40ac66d2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c @@ -5630,9 +5630,7 @@ static void be_worker(struct work_struct *work) * mcc completions */ if (!netif_running(adapter->netdev)) { - local_bh_disable(); be_process_mcc(adapter); - local_bh_enable(); goto reschedule; } -- 2.12.3