netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/5] ucc_geth: Reduce IRQ off in xmit path

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Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:36:10 +0200
From:	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ucc_geth: Reduce IRQ off in xmit path

Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com> wrote on 2012/09/19 00:39:38:
>
> Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@...nsmode.se> :
> > Currently ucc_geth_start_xmit wraps IRQ off for the
> > whole body just to be safe.
> > Reduce the IRQ off period to a minimum.
>
> The driver does not do much work in its irq handler. You may as well
> convert it to the usual tg3-ish locking style (i.e. almost no locking).

You mean broadcom/tg3.c? It is a bit much to look at ATM for me and
there almost no locking with my patch also. Could possibly
be improved further but I am happy for now.

 Jocke

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