netdev - Re: [PATCH (net.git) 0/5] stmmac: review and fix lock and atomicity

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Date:	Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:24:08 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	peppe.cavallaro@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH (net.git) 0/5] stmmac: review and fix lock and atomicity

From: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 17:08:04 +0100

> Recently some issues have been reported for the driver for locking mechanism
> and atomicity.
> 
> In fact, enabling DEBUG support to prove lock and to verify if sleeping while
> atomic context some warnings occur at runtime. I have reproduced all on STi
> platforms.
> 
> Concerning the tx path, I had provided a patch time ago but
> I discarded the idea to completely remove locks; in this patch-set we can have
> some useful fixes instead of.
> 
> This patch-set is to fix the atomicity in the PM stuff where I tried to collect
> all the points and advice reported in the past weeks.
> As final result, on my side no warnings and no problem when suspend/resume the
> driver on STi boxes.
> 
> I also added a patch that fixes the locks for the EEE.
> As pointed in some thread there was a design problem behind the eee
> initialization and I have tried to fix that before.
> As final result no issues when proving locks too.

Series applied, thanks.
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