netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fec: fix miss init spinlock

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Message-ID: <51125F28.4000409@intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:48:24 -0800
From:	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
To:	Frank Li <lznuaa@...il.com>
CC:	Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@...tor.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fec: fix miss init spinlock

On 2/6/2013 1:50 AM, Frank Li wrote:
>
> It is not easy to fix. Need put tx to NAPI poll function.
> I will work on that after China New year holiday

Converting Tx to NAPI is the best solution, but you can put a temporary 
fix in.  Don't take a spin_lock() in fec_enet_tx(), rather take a 
spin_lock_irqsave() since you're still in HARDIRQ context.

-PJ
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