From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mv643xx_eth: Fix race condition in mv643xx_eth_free_tx_descs
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:29:04 -0500
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Cc: Thibaut VARENE <T-Bone@parisc-linux.org>,
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To: Dale Farnsworth <dale@farnsworth.org>
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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(-)

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