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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] tg3: fix meaningless hw_stats reading after tg3_halt memset 0 hw_stats
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On 2018年04月29日 02:36, Michael Chan wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 8:15 PM, Zumeng Chen <zumeng.chen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h
>> index 3b5e98e..6727d93 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h
>> @@ -3352,6 +3352,7 @@ struct tg3 {
>> struct pci_dev *pdev_peer;
>>
>> struct tg3_hw_stats *hw_stats;
>> + bool hw_stats_flag;
> You can just add another bit to enum TG3_FLAGS for this purpose.

Right, it's a good idea, I didn't notice it, I'll send V2 with that later.

>
> While this scheme will probably work, I think a better and more
> elegant way to fix this is to use RCU.

IMHO, RCU is not necessary for this simple two consumers, and no
frequent ops
on tg3_halt, plus no new locker involved either.

Cheers,
Zumeng
>
>> dma_addr_t stats_mapping;
>> struct work_struct reset_task;
>>
>> --
>> 2.9.3
>>

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