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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/forcedeth.c15
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);
}