netdev - [net-next-2.6 PATCH 21/23] e1000e: remove redundant might

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Date:	Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:28:17 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 21/23] e1000e: remove redundant might_sleep()

From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>

Now that mutex_lock() calls might_sleep() the driver doesn't have to here.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index fe6dc3d..f991b14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -630,8 +630,6 @@ static s32 e1000_acquire_swflag_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 	u32 extcnf_ctrl, timeout = PHY_CFG_TIMEOUT;
 	s32 ret_val = 0;
 
-	might_sleep();
-
 	mutex_lock(&swflag_mutex);
 
 	while (timeout) {

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