netdev - [net-next 6/9] ixgbevf: Remove mailbox spinlock from the reset function

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:39:44 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 6/9] ixgbevf: Remove mailbox spinlock from the reset function

From: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>

The spinlocks are not required during reset.  There won't be any
contention for the mailbox resource.

Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
Tested-by: Sibai Li <sibai.li@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 8b8a685..592fe99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -1702,15 +1702,11 @@ void ixgbevf_reset(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&adapter->mbx_lock);
-
 	if (hw->mac.ops.reset_hw(hw))
 		hw_dbg(hw, "PF still resetting\n");
 	else
 		hw->mac.ops.init_hw(hw);
 
-	spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mbx_lock);
-
 	if (is_valid_ether_addr(adapter->hw.mac.addr)) {
 		memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr,
 		       netdev->addr_len);
-- 
1.7.11.7

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html