netdev - [PATCH 28/33] sfc: Use mutex_lock_interruptible() for ethtool EEPROM access

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Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:59:23 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH 28/33] sfc: Use mutex_lock_interruptible() for ethtool EEPROM access

ethtool must contend with the MTD driver for the SPI bus lock, which
may carry out long operations such as flash erase.  Allow it to be
interrupted while waiting.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c |   10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
index eab3e5c..3aaece6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
@@ -568,10 +568,13 @@ static int efx_ethtool_get_eeprom(struct net_device *net_dev,
 	size_t len;
 	int rc;
 
-	mutex_lock(&efx->spi_lock);
+	rc = mutex_lock_interruptible(&efx->spi_lock);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 	rc = falcon_spi_read(spi, eeprom->offset + EFX_EEPROM_BOOTCONFIG_START,
 			     eeprom->len, &len, buf);
 	mutex_unlock(&efx->spi_lock);
+
 	eeprom->magic = EFX_ETHTOOL_EEPROM_MAGIC;
 	eeprom->len = len;
 	return rc;
@@ -588,10 +591,13 @@ static int efx_ethtool_set_eeprom(struct net_device *net_dev,
 	if (eeprom->magic != EFX_ETHTOOL_EEPROM_MAGIC)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	mutex_lock(&efx->spi_lock);
+	rc = mutex_lock_interruptible(&efx->spi_lock);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 	rc = falcon_spi_write(spi, eeprom->offset + EFX_EEPROM_BOOTCONFIG_START,
 			      eeprom->len, &len, buf);
 	mutex_unlock(&efx->spi_lock);
+
 	eeprom->len = len;
 	return rc;
 }
-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.
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