netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] netxen: fix inconsistent lock state

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Message-Id: <20100819.002834.216749563.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:28:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amit.salecha@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ameen.rahman@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] netxen: fix inconsistent lock state

From: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:51:51 -0700

> Spin lock rds_ring->lock is used in poll routine, so other users should
> use spin_lock_bh(). While posting rx buffers from netxen_nic_attach,
> rds_ring->lock is not required, so cleaning it instead of fixing it by
> spin_lock_bh().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>

Applied.
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