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* [PATCH] Fix a lock problem in generic phy code
@ 2007-08-31 12:30 Hans-Jürgen Koch
  2007-08-31 16:29 ` Hans-Jürgen Koch
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Hans-Jürgen Koch @ 2007-08-31 12:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: netdev, Jeff Garzik, afleming

Lock debugging finds a problem in phy.c and phy_device.c,
this patch fixes it. Tested on an AT91SAM9263-EK board, 
kernel 2.6.23-rc4.

Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de>
---

Index: linux-2.6.23-rc/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc.orig/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c	2007-08-31 
14:07:47.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c	2007-08-31 14:08:22.000000000 
+0200
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
 	if (!(phydrv->flags & PHY_HAS_INTERRUPT))
 		phydev->irq = PHY_POLL;
 
-	spin_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	/* Start out supporting everything. Eventually,
 	 * a controller will attach, and may modify one
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
 	if (phydev->drv->probe)
 		err = phydev->drv->probe(phydev);
 
-	spin_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	return err;
 
Index: linux-2.6.23-rc/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc.orig/drivers/net/phy/phy.c	2007-08-31 14:15:20.000000000 
+0200
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc/drivers/net/phy/phy.c	2007-08-31 14:15:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@
  */
 void phy_start(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
-	spin_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	switch (phydev->state) {
 		case PHY_STARTING:
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@
 		default:
 			break;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_stop);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_start);

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2007-09-10  8:58   ` Herbert Xu
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