netdev - Re: [PATCH] sky2: Serialize access to PCI config space

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Date:	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:34:36 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Mike McCormack <mikem@...g3k.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Rene Mayrhofer <rene@...rhofer.eu.org>,
	Richard Leitner <leitner@...s.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: Serialize access to PCI config space

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:10:27 +0900
Mike McCormack <mikem@...g3k.org> wrote:

> PCI config space may be shared across two device instances,
>  or accessed from an interrupt
>  , so serialize access so
>  read-update-write operations do not interfere with each other.
> 
> Only tested on a single port card, as my sky2 doesn't have dual ports.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike McCormack <mikem@...g3k.org>

No, more locks is not better design.  Better to just use existing
RTNL mutex consistently.
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