Re: [PATCH]skge napi->poll() locking bug

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Marin Mitov wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> According to: Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt:
> 
> <cite>
> napi->poll:
> ..........
> 	Context: softirq
> 	         will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole.
> </cite>
> 
> napi->poll() could be called either with interrupts enabled 
> (in softirq context) or disabled (by netconsole), so the irq flag
> should be preserved.
> 
> Inspired by Ingo's resent forcedeth patch :-)
> 
> Regards
> 
> Marin Mitov
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marin Mitov <mitov@issp.bas.bg>
> ===============================
> --- a/drivers/net/skge.c	2008-03-23 09:06:13.000000000 +0200
> +++ b/drivers/net/skge.c	2008-03-23 09:24:47.000000000 +0200
> @@ -3199,12 +3199,14 @@ static int skge_poll(struct napi_struct 
>  	skge_write8(hw, Q_ADDR(rxqaddr[skge->port], Q_CSR), CSR_START);
>  
>  	if (work_done < to_do) {
> -		spin_lock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
> +		unsigned long flags;
> +		
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&hw->hw_lock, flags);
>  		__netif_rx_complete(dev, napi);
>  		hw->intr_mask |= napimask[skge->port];
>  		skge_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, hw->intr_mask);
>  		skge_read32(hw, B0_IMSK);
> -		spin_unlock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hw->hw_lock, flags);
>  	}
>  
>  	return work_done;
> 
> 
> --

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