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Message-ID: <1415117289-7733-4-git-send-email-peppe.cavallaro@st.com>
Date:	Tue, 4 Nov 2014 17:08:07 +0100
From:	Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
	Emilio Lopez <emilio@...pez.com.ar>
Subject: [PATCH (net.git) 3/5] stmmac: fix lock in stmmac_set_rx_mode

When compile with CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING the following warnings happen:

[snip]

    HARDIRQ-ON-W at:
                        [<c0480c1c>] _raw_spin_lock+0x3c/0x4c
                        [<c02c2828>] stmmac_set_rx_mode+0x18/0x3c
                        [<c038b2cc>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x1c/0x28
                        [<c038b38c>] __dev_open+0xb4/0xf8
                        [<c038b5a8>] __dev_change_flags+0x94/0x128
                        [<c038b6a8>] dev_change_flags+0x10/0x48
                        [<c062afe0>] ip_auto_config+0x1d4/0x1084
                        [<c000873c>] do_one_initcall+0x108/0x15c
                        [<c060ec50>] kernel_init_freeable+0x1a8/0x248
                        [<c0472cc0>] kernel_init+0x8/0x160
                        [<c000dfc8>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x2c
     INITIAL USE at:
                       [<c0480c1c>] _raw_spin_lock+0x3c/0x4c
                       [<c02c2828>] stmmac_set_rx_mode+0x18/0x3c
                       [<c038b2cc>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x1c/0x28
                       [<c038b38c>] __dev_open+0xb4/0xf8
                       [<c038b5a8>] __dev_change_flags+0x94/0x128
                       [<c038b6a8>] dev_change_flags+0x10/0x48
                       [<c062afe0>] ip_auto_config+0x1d4/0x1084
                       [<c000873c>] do_one_initcall+0x108/0x15c
                       [<c060ec50>] kernel_init_freeable+0x1a8/0x248
                       [<c0472cc0>] kernel_init+0x8/0x160
                       [<c000dfc8>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x2c

so the patch just removes the lock protection in the stmmac_set_rx_mode

Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Cc: Emilio Lopez <emilio@...pez.com.ar>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index ee07e7e..2759873 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2283,9 +2283,7 @@ static void stmmac_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
 	priv->hw->mac->set_filter(priv->hw, dev);
-	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 }
 
 /**
-- 
1.7.4.4

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