netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Pull request for 'ipg-fixes' branch

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Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:22:16 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	linux@...izon.com
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Pull request for 'ipg-fixes' branch

linux@...izon.com <linux@...izon.com> :
[...]
> I notice that the vendor-supplied driver doesn't have these bugs.

The M in POMS stands for "my".

[...]
> Would you be interested in some cleanup patches ?

Yes.

> In particular, I think I can get rid of tx->lock entirely, or at least
> take it off the fast path. All it's protecting is the write to
> sp->tx_current, and a few judicious memory barriers can deal with that.

I have done a kind of memory barrier trick for the r8169 in the past but
it is not clear that I would do it again. Today I would argue more strongly
in direction of similar locking amongst different drivers. The tg3 driver
is a good model imho.

Anyway you have been here for some time so I see no reason to kill any
different/new locking scheme you could come with.

Off until sunday.

-- 
Ueimor
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