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author | Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> | 2006-06-17 21:58:45 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2006-06-17 21:58:45 -0700 |
commit | 00b7050426da8e7e58c889c5c80a19920d2d41b3 (patch) | |
tree | 55a07464fdf81b23fced966feca2b041af77c6f6 /drivers/net/tg3.h | |
parent | c71302d61f844f766a44e1b04258086cc41f624e (diff) |
[TG3]: Convert to non-LLTX
Herbert Xu pointed out that it is unsafe to call netif_tx_disable()
from LLTX drivers because it uses dev->xmit_lock to synchronize
whereas LLTX drivers use private locks.
Convert tg3 to non-LLTX to fix this issue. tg3 is a lockless driver
where hard_start_xmit and tx completion handling can run concurrently
under normal conditions. A tx_lock is only needed to prevent
netif_stop_queue and netif_wake_queue race condtions when the queue
is full.
So whether we use LLTX or non-LLTX, it makes practically no
difference.
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/tg3.h')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/tg3.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.h b/drivers/net/tg3.h index 35669e18065c..8209da5dd15f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tg3.h +++ b/drivers/net/tg3.h @@ -2074,12 +2074,22 @@ struct tg3 { /* SMP locking strategy: * - * lock: Held during all operations except TX packet - * processing. + * lock: Held during reset, PHY access, timer, and when + * updating tg3_flags and tg3_flags2. * - * tx_lock: Held during tg3_start_xmit and tg3_tx + * tx_lock: Held during tg3_start_xmit and tg3_tx only + * when calling netif_[start|stop]_queue. + * tg3_start_xmit is protected by netif_tx_lock. * * Both of these locks are to be held with BH safety. + * + * Because the IRQ handler, tg3_poll, and tg3_start_xmit + * are running lockless, it is necessary to completely + * quiesce the chip with tg3_netif_stop and tg3_full_lock + * before reconfiguring the device. + * + * indirect_lock: Held when accessing registers indirectly + * with IRQ disabling. */ spinlock_t lock; spinlock_t indirect_lock; |