From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Stephen Evanchik <evanchsa@clarkson.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.54] hermes: serialization fixes
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 12:47:54 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030103124754.A16519@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200301031239.29226.evanchsa@clarkson.edu>; from evanchsa@clarkson.edu on Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 12:39:29PM -0500
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 12:39:29PM -0500, Stephen Evanchik wrote:
> The hermes MAC controller module wasn't serializing BAP seek calls. This
> caused an eventual Rx/Tx failure which equates tens of thousands of errors on
> the wireless interface. A simple spinlock is used to keep things in line.
>
> Any comments are appreciated, I don't believe this is the best solution, but
> it is working well. Patches can be downloaded from here:
Why not put the spinlock/unlock inside hermes_bap_seek()? Smaller, better
contained and more readable.
-ben
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-03 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-03 17:39 [PATCH 2.5.54] hermes: serialization fixes Stephen Evanchik
2003-01-03 17:47 ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2003-01-03 17:56 ` Stephen Evanchik
2003-01-06 17:40 ` Alexander Hoogerhuis
2003-01-06 18:36 ` Stephen Evanchik
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