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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/tg3.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/tg3.h | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.h b/drivers/net/tg3.h index 993f84c93dc4..99c5f9675a56 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tg3.h +++ b/drivers/net/tg3.h @@ -2006,17 +2006,31 @@ struct tg3_ethtool_stats { struct tg3 { /* begin "general, frequently-used members" cacheline section */ + /* If the IRQ handler (which runs lockless) needs to be + * quiesced, the following bitmask state is used. The + * SYNC flag is set by non-IRQ context code to initiate + * the quiescence. + * + * When the IRQ handler notices that SYNC is set, it + * disables interrupts and returns. + * + * When all outstanding IRQ handlers have returned after + * the SYNC flag has been set, the setter can be assured + * that interrupts will no longer get run. + * + * In this way all SMP driver locks are never acquired + * in hw IRQ context, only sw IRQ context or lower. + */ + unsigned int irq_sync; + /* SMP locking strategy: * * lock: Held during all operations except TX packet * processing. * - * tx_lock: Held during tg3_start_xmit{,_4gbug} and tg3_tx + * tx_lock: Held during tg3_start_xmit and tg3_tx * - * If you want to shut up all asynchronous processing you must - * acquire both locks, 'lock' taken before 'tx_lock'. IRQs must - * be disabled to take 'lock' but only softirq disabling is - * necessary for acquisition of 'tx_lock'. + * Both of these locks are to be held with BH safety. */ spinlock_t lock; spinlock_t indirect_lock; |