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mlx4: do not use priv->stats_lock in mlx4_en_auto_moderation()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:46:52 +0000 (09:46 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 20:26:15 +0000 (15:26 -0500)
Per RX ring packets/bytes counters are not protected by global
priv->stats_lock.

Better not confuse the reader, and use READ_ONCE() to show we read
these counters without surrounding synchronization.

Interrupt moderation is best effort, and we do not really care of
ultra precise counters.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c

index c48ce3f366c378104c2b14da7376e3295093fcfb..ea76b28b728bb160d39223e96e9058ff20fc9e10 100644 (file)
@@ -1394,10 +1394,8 @@ static void mlx4_en_auto_moderation(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv)
                return;
 
        for (ring = 0; ring < priv->rx_ring_num; ring++) {
-               spin_lock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
-               rx_packets = priv->rx_ring[ring]->packets;
-               rx_bytes = priv->rx_ring[ring]->bytes;
-               spin_unlock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
+               rx_packets = READ_ONCE(priv->rx_ring[ring]->packets);
+               rx_bytes = READ_ONCE(priv->rx_ring[ring]->bytes);
 
                rx_pkt_diff = ((unsigned long) (rx_packets -
                                priv->last_moder_packets[ring]));