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Date:	Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:08:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	netdev@...eo.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ariel.Hendel@....com, greg.onufer@....com,
	jeff@...zik.org, Ashley.Saulsbury@....com, Matheos.Worku@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Third (final?) release of Sun Neptune driver

From: Ingo Oeser <netdev@...eo.de>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 18:49:49 +0200

> Ingo Oeser schrieb:
> > > +static void niu_init_xif(struct niu *);
> > > +
> > > +static int link_status_10g(struct niu *np, int *link_up_p)
> > > +{
> > > +	unsigned long flags;
> > > +	int err, link_up;
> > > +
> > > +	if (np->link_config.loopback_mode != LOOPBACK_DISABLED)
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +	link_up = 0;
> > > +
> > > +	spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
> > > +
> > > +	err = mdio_read(np, np->phy_addr, BCM8704_PMA_PMD_DEV_ADDR,
> > > +			BCM8704_PMD_RCV_SIGDET);
> > > +	if (err < 0)
> > > +		return err;
> > 
> > missing spin_unlock_irqsave()?
> 
> I mean spin_unlock_irqrestore()

Definitely a locking error, fixed below, thanks for catching
this Ingo!

>From 586752eb74a7f303eb2e0693bba0f0a8111ef1e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David S. Miller <davem@...set.davemloft.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 17:07:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [NIU]: Fix locking errors in link_status_10g().

When MDIO accesses give an error we forget to drop the
np->lock, noticed by Ingo Oeser.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/niu.c |   10 +++++++---
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/niu.c b/drivers/net/niu.c
index 64b988b..1a38530 100644
--- a/drivers/net/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/niu.c
@@ -1100,21 +1100,21 @@ static int link_status_10g(struct niu *np, int *link_up_p)
 	err = mdio_read(np, np->phy_addr, BCM8704_PMA_PMD_DEV_ADDR,
 			BCM8704_PMD_RCV_SIGDET);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+		goto out_err;
 	if (!(err & PMD_RCV_SIGDET_GLOBAL))
 		goto out;
 
 	err = mdio_read(np, np->phy_addr, BCM8704_PCS_DEV_ADDR,
 			BCM8704_PCS_10G_R_STATUS);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+		goto out_err;
 	if (!(err & PCS_10G_R_STATUS_BLK_LOCK))
 		goto out;
 
 	err = mdio_read(np, np->phy_addr, BCM8704_PHYXS_DEV_ADDR,
 			BCM8704_PHYXS_XGXS_LANE_STAT);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+		goto out_err;
 
 	if (err != (PHYXS_XGXS_LANE_STAT_ALINGED |
 		    PHYXS_XGXS_LANE_STAT_MAGIC |
@@ -1133,6 +1133,10 @@ out:
 
 	*link_up_p = link_up;
 	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int link_status_1g(struct niu *np, int *link_up_p)
-- 
1.5.3.3

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