From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: fthain@telegraphics.com.au
Cc: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac_esp: remove redundant mutual exclusion
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:28:50 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110910.142850.1601261425101118430.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1109110038500.5327@nippy.intranet>
From: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:01:34 +1000 (EST)
> Mutual exclusion is redundant here because all the paths in the call graph
> leading to esp_driver_ops.send_dma_cmd() happen under spin_lock_irqsave/
> spin_lock_irqrestore. Remove it.
>
> Tested on a Mac Quadra 660av and a Mac LC 630.
>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
This patch should be CC:'d to linux-scsi not netdev
I understand how the networking maintainer is very responsive
and the SCSI maintainer generally takes forever, so your
Freudian slip will go unjudged :-)
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2011-09-10 15:01 [PATCH] mac_esp: remove redundant mutual exclusion Finn Thain
2011-09-10 18:28 ` David Miller [this message]
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