When working on the mcs7830, I noticed the need for a mutex in its mdio_read/mdio_write functions. A related problem seems to be present in the asix driver in the respective functions.
This introduces a mutex in the common usbnet driver and uses it from the two hardware specific drivers. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/usb/net/asix.c | 4 ++++ drivers/usb/net/mcs7830.c | 5 +++++ drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c | 1 + drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h | 1 + 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+) Index: linux-cg/drivers/usb/net/asix.c =================================================================== --- linux-cg.orig/drivers/usb/net/asix.c 2006-08-20 21:22:43.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-cg/drivers/usb/net/asix.c 2006-08-20 22:09:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -328,10 +328,12 @@ struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(netdev); u16 res; + mutex_lock(&dev->phy_mutex); asix_set_sw_mii(dev); asix_read_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_READ_MII_REG, phy_id, (__u16)loc, 2, (u16 *)&res); asix_set_hw_mii(dev); + mutex_unlock(&dev->phy_mutex); return res & 0xffff; } @@ -348,10 +350,12 @@ struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(netdev); u16 res = val; + mutex_lock(&dev->phy_mutex); asix_set_sw_mii(dev); asix_write_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_WRITE_MII_REG, phy_id, (__u16)loc, 2, (u16 *)&res); asix_set_hw_mii(dev); + mutex_unlock(&dev->phy_mutex); } /* same as above, but converts new value to le16 byte order before writing */ Index: linux-cg/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c =================================================================== --- linux-cg.orig/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c 2006-08-20 21:22:43.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-cg/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c 2006-08-20 22:09:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -1070,6 +1070,7 @@ dev->delay.function = usbnet_bh; dev->delay.data = (unsigned long) dev; init_timer (&dev->delay); + mutex_init (&dev->phy_mutex); SET_MODULE_OWNER (net); dev->net = net; Index: linux-cg/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h =================================================================== --- linux-cg.orig/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h 2006-08-20 21:22:43.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-cg/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h 2006-08-20 22:09:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct usb_device *udev; struct driver_info *driver_info; wait_queue_head_t *wait; + struct mutex phy_mutex; /* i/o info: pipes etc */ unsigned in, out; Index: linux-cg/drivers/usb/net/mcs7830.c =================================================================== --- linux-cg.orig/drivers/usb/net/mcs7830.c 2006-08-20 21:47:06.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-cg/drivers/usb/net/mcs7830.c 2006-08-20 22:09:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ HIF_REG_PHY_CMD2_PEND_FLAG_BIT | index, }; + mutex_lock(&dev->phy_mutex); /* write the MII command */ ret = mcs7830_set_reg(dev, HIF_REG_PHY_CMD1, 2, cmd); if (ret < 0) @@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ dev_dbg(&dev->udev->dev, "read PHY reg %02x: %04x (%d tries)\n", index, val, i); out: + mutex_unlock(&dev->phy_mutex); return ret; } @@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ HIF_REG_PHY_CMD2_PEND_FLAG_BIT | (index & 0x1F), }; + mutex_lock(&dev->phy_mutex); + /* write the new register contents */ le_val = cpu_to_le16(val); ret = mcs7830_set_reg(dev, HIF_REG_PHY_DATA, 2, &le_val); @@ -242,6 +246,7 @@ dev_dbg(&dev->udev->dev, "write PHY reg %02x: %04x (%d tries)\n", index, val, i); out: + mutex_unlock(&dev->phy_mutex); return ret; } ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel