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Author SHA1 Message Date
Sathya Perla
6ac7b687cb be2net: Use MCC queue for cmds that may be called in BH context
Currenlty multicast_set and promiscuous_config cmds -- that may be called in BH context --
use the blocking MCC mbox to post cmds.
An mbox cmd is protected via a spin_lock(cmd_lock) and not spin_lock_bh() as it is undesirable
to disable BHs while a blocking mbox cmd is in progress (and take long to finish.)
This can lockup a cmd in progress in process context.
So, these two cmds in BH context must use the MCC queue to post cmds.

Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathyap@serverengines.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-06-19 00:18:40 -07:00
Sathya Perla
5fb379ee67 be2net: Add MCC queue mechanism for BE cmds
Currenlty all cmds use the blocking MCC mbox to post cmds. An mbox cmd is protected
via a spin_lock(cmd_lock) and not spin_lock_bh() as it is undesirable
to disable BHs while a blocking mbox cmd is in progress (and take long to finish.)
This can lockup a cmd in progress in process context. Instead cmds that may be
called in BH context must use the MCC queue to post cmds. The cmd completions
are rcvd in a separate completion queue and the events are placed in the tx-event
queue.

Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathyap@serverengines.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-06-19 00:18:39 -07:00
Sathya Perla
6b7c5b947c net: Add be2net driver.
Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathyap@serverengines.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-03-11 23:32:22 -07:00