On the DM9000B, dm9000_phy_write() is called after the main spinlock
is held, during the dm9000_timeout() routine. Spinlock recursion
occurs because the main spinlock is requested again in
dm9000_phy_write(). So spinlock should be avoided in dm9000_phy_write()
during the dm9000_timeout() routine.

Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <liu.xia...@zte.com.cn>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c
index 008dc81..afe33de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c
@@ -337,11 +337,11 @@ static void dm9000_msleep(struct board_info *db, unsigned 
int ms)
        unsigned long reg_save;
 
        dm9000_dbg(db, 5, "phy_write[%02x] = %04x\n", reg, value);
-       if (!db->in_timeout)
+       if (!db->in_timeout) {
                mutex_lock(&db->addr_lock);
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&db->lock, flags);
-
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&db->lock, flags);
+       }
        /* Save previous register address */
        reg_save = readb(db->io_addr);
 
@@ -356,11 +356,13 @@ static void dm9000_msleep(struct board_info *db, unsigned 
int ms)
        iow(db, DM9000_EPCR, EPCR_EPOS | EPCR_ERPRW);
 
        writeb(reg_save, db->io_addr);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
+       if (!db->in_timeout)
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
 
        dm9000_msleep(db, 1);           /* Wait write complete */
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&db->lock, flags);
+       if (!db->in_timeout)
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&db->lock, flags);
        reg_save = readb(db->io_addr);
 
        iow(db, DM9000_EPCR, 0x0);      /* Clear phyxcer write command */
@@ -368,9 +370,11 @@ static void dm9000_msleep(struct board_info *db, unsigned 
int ms)
        /* restore the previous address */
        writeb(reg_save, db->io_addr);
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
-       if (!db->in_timeout)
+       if (!db->in_timeout) {
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
+
                mutex_unlock(&db->addr_lock);
+       }
 }
 
 /* dm9000_set_io
-- 
1.9.1

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