Patch "net: mv643xx_eth: update statistics timer from timer context only" has been added to the 3.10-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    net: mv643xx_eth: update statistics timer from timer context only

to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     net-mv643xx_eth-update-statistics-timer-from-timer-context-only.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From 117aa3e23dcc332b2617bf92dd2890329dd5866a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:57:20 +0200
Subject: net: mv643xx_eth: update statistics timer from timer context only

From: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 041b4ddb84989f06ff1df0ca869b950f1ee3cb1c ]

Each port driver installs a periodic timer to update port statistics
by calling mib_counters_update. As mib_counters_update is also called
from non-timer context, we should not reschedule the timer there but
rather move it to timer-only context.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -1125,15 +1125,13 @@ static void mib_counters_update(struct m
 	p->rx_discard += rdlp(mp, RX_DISCARD_FRAME_CNT);
 	p->rx_overrun += rdlp(mp, RX_OVERRUN_FRAME_CNT);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&mp->mib_counters_lock);
-
-	mod_timer(&mp->mib_counters_timer, jiffies + 30 * HZ);
 }
 
 static void mib_counters_timer_wrapper(unsigned long _mp)
 {
 	struct mv643xx_eth_private *mp = (void *)_mp;
-
 	mib_counters_update(mp);
+	mod_timer(&mp->mib_counters_timer, jiffies + 30 * HZ);
 }
 
 


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx are

queue-3.10/net-mv643xx_eth-update-statistics-timer-from-timer-context-only.patch
queue-3.10/net-mv643xx_eth-fix-orphaned-statistics-timer-crash.patch
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