netxen: fix inconsistent lock state

Spin lock rds_ring->lock is used in poll routine, so other users should use spin_lock_bh(). While posting rx buffers from netxen_nic_attach, rds_ring->lock is not required, so cleaning it instead of fixing it by spin_lock_bh(). Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
git-mirror · Aug 19, 2010 · 4be353d · 4be353d
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commit 4be353d
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diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
@@ -1805,8 +1805,6 @@ netxen_post_rx_buffers(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u32 ringid,
 	netxen_ctx_msg msg = 0;
 	struct list_head *head;
 
-	spin_lock(&rds_ring->lock);
-
 	producer = rds_ring->producer;
 
 	head = &rds_ring->free_list;
@@ -1853,8 +1851,6 @@ netxen_post_rx_buffers(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u32 ringid,
 					NETXEN_RCV_PRODUCER_OFFSET), msg);
 		}
 	}
-
-	spin_unlock(&rds_ring->lock);
 }
 
 static void