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* [PATCH 0/3] remove irq_sem cruft from e1000 and derivatives
@ 2007-02-20  0:57 Chris Snook
  2007-02-20  1:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] remove irq_sem from atl1 Chris Snook
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  0 siblings, 4 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Chris Snook @ 2007-02-20  0:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jeff, jacliburn, csnook, john.ronciak, jesse.brandeburg,
	auke-jan.h.kok
  Cc: netdev

Hey folks --

     While digging through the atl1 source, I was troubled by the code using
irq_sem.  I did some digging and found the same code in e1000 and ixgb.  I'm
not entirely sure what it was originally intended to do, but it doesn't seem
to be doing anything useful now, except possibly locking interrupts off if
NAPI is flipped on and off enough times to cause an integer overflow.

     The following patches completely remove irq_sem from each of the drivers.
 This has been tested successfully on atl1 and e1000.  If someone would like
to send me ixgb hardware I'd be glad to test that, otherwise you'll have to
test it yourself. :)

     -- Chris


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2007-02-20  0:57 [PATCH 0/3] remove irq_sem cruft from e1000 and derivatives Chris Snook
2007-02-20  1:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] remove irq_sem from atl1 Chris Snook
2007-02-27  9:32   ` Jeff Garzik
2007-02-27 17:28     ` Chris Snook
2007-02-20  1:06 ` [PATCH 0/3] remove irq_sem cruft from e1000 and derivatives Auke Kok
2007-02-20  1:10 ` [PATCH 2/3] remove irq_sem from e1000 Chris Snook
2007-04-09 17:54   ` Kok, Auke
2007-04-09 20:34     ` Chris Snook
2007-02-20  1:12 ` [PATCH 3/3] remove irq_sem from ixgb Chris Snook

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