Vince Bridgers <vbridgers2013@xxxxxxxxx> : [...] > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..6006ef2 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c [...] > +static int tse_tx_complete(struct altera_tse_private *priv) > +{ > + unsigned int txsize = priv->tx_ring_size; > + u32 ready; > + unsigned int entry; > + struct tse_buffer *tx_buff; > + int txcomplete = 0; > + > + spin_lock(&priv->tx_lock); > + > + ready = priv->dmaops->tx_completions(priv); > + > + /* Free sent buffers */ > + while (ready && (priv->tx_cons != priv->tx_prod)) { > + entry = priv->tx_cons % txsize; > + tx_buff = &priv->tx_ring[entry]; > + > + if (netif_msg_tx_done(priv)) > + netdev_dbg(priv->dev, "%s: curr %d, dirty %d\n", > + __func__, priv->tx_prod, priv->tx_cons); > + > + if (likely(tx_buff->skb)) > + priv->dev->stats.tx_packets++; > + > + tse_free_tx_buffer(priv, tx_buff); > + priv->tx_cons++; > + > + txcomplete++; > + ready--; > + } > + > + if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(priv->dev) && > + tse_tx_avail(priv) > TSE_TX_THRESH(priv))) { > + netif_tx_lock(priv->dev); This code runs under device tx_lock. You don't need both and you should be able to avoid tx_lock completely. See drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c for instance. [...] > +static int tse_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) > +{ > + struct altera_tse_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev); > + unsigned int txsize = priv->tx_ring_size; > + unsigned int entry; > + struct tse_buffer *buffer = NULL; > + int nfrags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; > + unsigned int nopaged_len = skb_headlen(skb); > + enum netdev_tx ret = NETDEV_TX_OK; > + dma_addr_t dma_addr; > + int txcomplete = 0; > + > + spin_lock_bh(&priv->tx_lock); See above. Nit: start_xmit runs with locally disabled softirq. _bh wouldn't be needed anyway. -- Ueimor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html