From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cornelia Huck Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/16] virtio-net: drop config_mutex Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 13:56:10 +0200 Message-ID: <20141006135610.537c263b.cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> References: <1412525038-15871-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <1412525038-15871-10-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1412525038-15871-10-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:07:16 +0300 "Michael S. Tsirkin" wrote: > config_mutex served two purposes: prevent multiple concurrent config > change handlers, and synchronize access to config_enable flag. > > Since commit dbf2576e37da0fcc7aacbfbb9fd5d3de7888a3c1 > workqueue: make all workqueues non-reentrant > all workqueues are non-reentrant, and config_enable > is now gone. > > Get rid of the unnecessary lock. > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin > --- > drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 7 +------ > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > index fa17afa..d80fef4 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > @@ -1430,7 +1426,7 @@ static void virtnet_config_changed_work(struct work_struct *work) > netif_tx_stop_all_queues(vi->dev); > } > done: > - mutex_unlock(&vi->config_lock); > + return; > } > > static void virtnet_config_changed(struct virtio_device *vdev) I'd probably return directly in the remaining 'goto done;' cases, but still Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck