Re: [PATCH] IBM Lanstreamer bugfixes

Kent E Yoder (yoder1@us.ibm.com)
Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:39:36 -0600


> > actually I should be using spin_lock_irqsave() in open() and close()
> > since the lock is taken inside the interrupt function, no?
>
> Correct - which might explain some of your other delays curing lockups

Hmmm.. i wish it did. Unfortunately the only non irq saved calls to
spin_lock are in the open and close functions, my lock call in xmit is irq
saved. These should be changed obviously, but I haven't seen the box lock
up during open or close...

Kent

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