From: Frank Blaschka The ip assist hw command for setting an IP address last unacceptable long so we can not spin while we waiting for the irq. Since we can ensure process context for all occurrences of this command we can use wait. Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka --- drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -urpN linux-2.6/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c linux-2.6-patched/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c --- linux-2.6/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c 2009-01-02 10:22:07.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6-patched/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c 2009-01-02 10:22:07.000000000 +0100 @@ -1685,6 +1685,7 @@ int qeth_send_control_data(struct qeth_c unsigned long flags; struct qeth_reply *reply = NULL; unsigned long timeout; + struct qeth_ipa_cmd *cmd; QETH_DBF_TEXT(TRACE, 2, "sendctl"); @@ -1731,17 +1732,34 @@ int qeth_send_control_data(struct qeth_c wake_up(&card->wait_q); return rc; } - while (!atomic_read(&reply->received)) { - if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) { - spin_lock_irqsave(&reply->card->lock, flags); - list_del_init(&reply->list); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&reply->card->lock, flags); - reply->rc = -ETIME; - atomic_inc(&reply->received); - wake_up(&reply->wait_q); - } - cpu_relax(); - }; + + /* we have only one long running ipassist, since we can ensure + process context of this command we can sleep */ + cmd = (struct qeth_ipa_cmd *)(iob->data+IPA_PDU_HEADER_SIZE); + if ((cmd->hdr.command == IPA_CMD_SETIP) && + (cmd->hdr.prot_version == QETH_PROT_IPV4)) { + if (!wait_event_timeout(reply->wait_q, + atomic_read(&reply->received), timeout)) + goto time_err; + } else { + while (!atomic_read(&reply->received)) { + if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) + goto time_err; + cpu_relax(); + }; + } + + rc = reply->rc; + qeth_put_reply(reply); + return rc; + +time_err: + spin_lock_irqsave(&reply->card->lock, flags); + list_del_init(&reply->list); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&reply->card->lock, flags); + reply->rc = -ETIME; + atomic_inc(&reply->received); + wake_up(&reply->wait_q); rc = reply->rc; qeth_put_reply(reply); return rc; -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html