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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/forcedeth.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c index 2cb24476329..20d4fe96a81 100644 --- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c +++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c @@ -4194,12 +4194,23 @@ static int nv_set_settings(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_cmd *ecmd) netif_carrier_off(dev); if (netif_running(dev)) { + unsigned long flags; + nv_disable_irq(dev); netif_tx_lock_bh(dev); - spin_lock(&np->lock); + /* with plain spinlock lockdep complains */ + spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags); /* stop engines */ + /* FIXME: + * this can take some time, and interrupts are disabled + * due to spin_lock_irqsave, but let's hope no daemon + * is going to change the settings very often... + * Worst case: + * NV_RXSTOP_DELAY1MAX + NV_TXSTOP_DELAY1MAX + * + some minor delays, which is up to a second approximately + */ nv_stop_rxtx(dev); - spin_unlock(&np->lock); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags); netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev); } |