netdev - Re: skge- "soft lockup on CPU#0" with mtu=9000 (2.6.20.1 + web100 patch)

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Date:	Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:34:27 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Chris Stromsoe <cbs@....ucla.edu>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: skge- "soft lockup on CPU#0" with mtu=9000 (2.6.20.1 + web100
 patch)


[SKGE]: Fix deadlock in skge_tx_timeout

dev_watchdog() already holds the device lock, don't take it again in
skge_tx_clean().

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>

---
commit 0b1cfafa6f6b8a168d5811d1f65cf540942c52b1
tree 4d3f252d6618adfe812e9da95cd496bb798e7c7b
parent 1ca949299260aa49eeba34ff912e2321c8b1f647
author Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:05:39 +0100
committer Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:05:39 +0100

 drivers/net/skge.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.c b/drivers/net/skge.c
index e482e7f..4a948c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/skge.c
@@ -2575,7 +2575,9 @@ static int skge_down(struct net_device *
 	skge_led(skge, LED_MODE_OFF);
 
 	netif_poll_disable(dev);
+	netif_tx_lock_bh(dev);
 	skge_tx_clean(dev);
+	netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev);
 	skge_rx_clean(skge);
 
 	kfree(skge->rx_ring.start);
@@ -2720,7 +2722,6 @@ static void skge_tx_clean(struct net_dev
 	struct skge_port *skge = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct skge_element *e;
 
-	netif_tx_lock_bh(dev);
 	for (e = skge->tx_ring.to_clean; e != skge->tx_ring.to_use; e = e->next) {
 		struct skge_tx_desc *td = e->desc;
 		skge_tx_free(skge, e, td->control);
@@ -2729,7 +2730,6 @@ static void skge_tx_clean(struct net_dev
 
 	skge->tx_ring.to_clean = e;
 	netif_wake_queue(dev);
-	netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev);
 }
 
 static void skge_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)


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