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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Dale Farnsworth <dale@farnsworth.org>
Cc: Thibaut VARENE <T-Bone@parisc-linux.org>,
	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl>,
	mlachwani@mvista.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mv643xx_eth: Fix race condition in mv643xx_eth_free_tx_descs
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:29:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45B67E20.8020309@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070123165225.GA20153@xyzzy.farnsworth.org>

Dale Farnsworth wrote:
>>From Dale Farnsworth <dale@farnsworth.org>
> 
> mv643xx_eth: Fix race condition in mv643xx_eth_free_tx_descs
> 
> This bug was found and isolated by Thibaut VARENE <T-Bone@parisc-linux.org>
> and Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl>.  This patch is a modification of their
> fixes.  We acquire and release the lock for each descriptor that is freed
> to minimize the time the lock is held.
> 
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c |   11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

applied



      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-01-23 21:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-23 16:52 [PATCH] mv643xx_eth: Fix race condition in mv643xx_eth_free_tx_descs Dale Farnsworth
2007-01-23 17:02 ` Thibaut VARENE
2007-01-23 21:29 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]

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