linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] qla3xxx: ethernet: Fix bogus interrupt state flag.

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Date:	Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:51:05 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	santoshprasadnayak@...il.com
Cc:	jitendra.kalsaria@...gic.com, ron.mercer@...gic.com,
	linux-driver@...gic.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] qla3xxx: ethernet: Fix bogus interrupt state flag.

From: santosh nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
Date: Fri,  2 Mar 2012 20:39:05 +0530

> From: Santosh Nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
> 
> In 'ql_adapter_initialize'
> the first call for 'spin_unlock_irqrestore()' is with hw_flags = 0,
> which is as good as 'spin_unlock_irq()' (unconditional interrupt
> enabling). If this is intended, then for better performance
> 'spin_unlock_irqrestore()' can be replaced with 'spin_unlock_irq()'
> and 'spin_lock_irqsave()' can be replaced by 'spin_lock_irq()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Santosh Nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>

This change is definitely correct, applied, thanks.
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