linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 23/25] xen: Lockdep fixes for xen-netfront

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:22:31 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	jeremy@...p.org (Jeremy Fitzhardinge)
Cc:	ak@...e.de, chrisw@...s-sol.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/25] xen: Lockdep fixes for xen-netfront

Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:
>
> @@ -1212,10 +1212,10 @@ static int netif_poll(struct net_device 
>        int pages_flipped = 0;
>        int err;
> 
> -       spin_lock(&np->rx_lock);
> +       spin_lock_bh(&np->rx_lock);
> 
>        if (unlikely(!netfront_carrier_ok(np))) {
> -               spin_unlock(&np->rx_lock);
> +               spin_unlock_bh(&np->rx_lock);

You don't need to disable BH in netif_poll since it's always called
with BH disabled.

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