> > @@ -643,9 +631,7 @@
> > eexp_hw_tx_pio(dev,data,length);
> > }
> > dev_kfree_skb(buf);
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->lock, flags);
> > -#endif
> > enable_irq(dev->irq);
> > return 0;
>
> They are done this way to get good non SMP performance. Your changes would
> ruin that.
I think the spin_lock could be removed on SMP, too.
Concurrent xmit & timeout calls are prevented by core network code, and
concurrent interrupts are prevented by disable_irq().
Or replace spin_lock_irqsave() with spin_lock().
--
Manfred
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