netdev - [patch 03/21] ibmveth: Remove LLTX

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Message-Id: <20100904042815.2655.71537.sendpatchset@jupiter1-ltc-lp2.austin.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:28:15 -0500
From:	Santiago Leon <santil@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Santiago Leon <santil@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, anton@...ba.org
Subject: [patch 03/21] ibmveth: Remove LLTX

The ibmveth adapter needs locking in the transmit routine to protect
the bounce_buffer but it sets LLTX and forgets to add any of its own
locking.

Just remove the deprecated LLTX option. Remove the stats lock in the process.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
Signed-off-by: Santiago Leon <santil@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

Index: net-next-2.6/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
===================================================================
--- net-next-2.6.orig//drivers/net/ibmveth.c	2010-09-03 22:18:39.000000000 -0500
+++ net-next-2.6/drivers/net/ibmveth.c	2010-09-03 22:18:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -903,7 +903,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmveth_start_xmit(st
 	union ibmveth_buf_desc desc;
 	unsigned long lpar_rc;
 	unsigned long correlator;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int retry_count;
 	unsigned int tx_dropped = 0;
 	unsigned int tx_bytes = 0;
@@ -965,20 +964,18 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmveth_start_xmit(st
 	} else {
 		tx_packets++;
 		tx_bytes += skb->len;
-		netdev->trans_start = jiffies; /* NETIF_F_LLTX driver :( */
 	}
 
 	if (!used_bounce)
 		dma_unmap_single(&adapter->vdev->dev, data_dma_addr,
 				 skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
-out:	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->stats_lock, flags);
+out:
 	netdev->stats.tx_dropped += tx_dropped;
 	netdev->stats.tx_bytes += tx_bytes;
 	netdev->stats.tx_packets += tx_packets;
 	adapter->tx_send_failed += tx_send_failed;
 	adapter->tx_map_failed += tx_map_failed;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->stats_lock, flags);
 
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -1290,8 +1287,6 @@ static int __devinit ibmveth_probe(struc
 	netdev->netdev_ops = &ibmveth_netdev_ops;
 	netdev->ethtool_ops = &netdev_ethtool_ops;
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &dev->dev);
- 	netdev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;
-	spin_lock_init(&adapter->stats_lock);
 
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, &adapter->mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
Index: net-next-2.6/drivers/net/ibmveth.h
===================================================================
--- net-next-2.6.orig//drivers/net/ibmveth.h	2010-09-03 22:18:39.000000000 -0500
+++ net-next-2.6/drivers/net/ibmveth.h	2010-09-03 22:18:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ struct ibmveth_adapter {
     u64 rx_no_buffer;
     u64 tx_map_failed;
     u64 tx_send_failed;
-    spinlock_t stats_lock;
 };
 
 struct ibmveth_buf_desc_fields {
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