No concurrent access is possible when a bitmap is local to a function. So prefer the non-atomic functions to save a few cycles. - replace a 'for' loop by an equivalent non-atomic 'bitmap_fill()' call - use '__set_bit()' While at it, clear the 'bitmask' bitmap only when needed. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch is *not* compile tested. I don't have the needed cross compiling tool chain. --- drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c index f50f9a43d3ea..f47b8358669d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c @@ -595,24 +595,24 @@ spider_net_set_multi(struct net_device *netdev) int i; u32 reg; struct spider_net_card *card = netdev_priv(netdev); - DECLARE_BITMAP(bitmask, SPIDER_NET_MULTICAST_HASHES) = {}; + DECLARE_BITMAP(bitmask, SPIDER_NET_MULTICAST_HASHES); spider_net_set_promisc(card); if (netdev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) { - for (i = 0; i < SPIDER_NET_MULTICAST_HASHES; i++) { - set_bit(i, bitmask); - } + bitmap_fill(bitmask, SPIDER_NET_MULTICAST_HASHES); goto write_hash; } + bitmap_zero(bitmask, SPIDER_NET_MULTICAST_HASHES); + /* well, we know, what the broadcast hash value is: it's xfd hash = spider_net_get_multicast_hash(netdev, netdev->broadcast); */ - set_bit(0xfd, bitmask); + __set_bit(0xfd, bitmask); netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, netdev) { hash = spider_net_get_multicast_hash(netdev, ha->addr); - set_bit(hash, bitmask); + __set_bit(hash, bitmask); } write_hash: -- 2.30.2