From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] sfc: Replace MDIO spinlock with mutex Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:59:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20091128.235913.240637968.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1259422484.3709.4.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com To: bhutchings@solarflare.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:42919 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752934AbZK2H7H (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:59:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1259422484.3709.4.camel@localhost> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Ben Hutchings Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:34:44 +0000 > From: Steve Hodgson > > We never use MDIO in atomic context, so we don't need to spin. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Applied.