Re: [PATCH 09/16] virtio-net: drop config_mutex

From: Sergei Shtylyov
Date: Mon Oct 06 2014 - 07:46:23 EST


Hello.

On 10/5/2014 8:07 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

config_mutex served two purposes: prevent multiple concurrent config
change handlers, and synchronize access to config_enable flag.

Since commit dbf2576e37da0fcc7aacbfbb9fd5d3de7888a3c1
workqueue: make all workqueues non-reentrant
all workqueues are non-reentrant, and config_enable
is now gone.

Get rid of the unnecessary lock.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 7 +------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index fa17afa..d80fef4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
[...]
@@ -1430,7 +1426,7 @@ static void virtnet_config_changed_work(struct work_struct *work)
netif_tx_stop_all_queues(vi->dev);
}
done:
- mutex_unlock(&vi->config_lock);
+ return;

There's no need for this *return*.

}

static void virtnet_config_changed(struct virtio_device *vdev)

WBR, Sergei

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