netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] via-rhine: Fix hanging with high CPU load on low-end broads.

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Message-Id: <20111229.170514.1766899380937848638.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:05:14 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:	gurligebis@...too.org, shemminger@...tta.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, rl@...lgate.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] via-rhine: Fix hanging with high CPU load on
 low-end broads.

From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:39:02 +0100

> Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com> :
> [...]
>> Feel free to try the extra "new year's eve week end is getting closer"
>> patch below (against net-next).
>> 
>> You have been warned.
> 
> The one below could be a bit better.

Obviously you'll need to resolve the use of rp->lock as an IRQ safe lock
in {get,src}_wol() so that this lock is consistently used as a BH safe
lock.  Your "Huh?" comments make it clear you are aware of this TODO. :-)

But other than that this patch looks good to me, just some testing and
debugging are needed.
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