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
prev 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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