napi_complete_done may call gro_flush_normal (though not currently, as GRO is unsupported at the moment), which may result in packet TX. This will eventually result in calling pcnet32_start_xmit - resulting in a deadlock while trying to re-acquire the already locked spin lock. It is safe to split the spinlock block into two, because the hardware registers are still protected from concurrent access, and the two blocks perform unrelated operations that don't need to happen atomically. The call to napi_complete_done does not require external locking. Signed-off-by: Oscar Maes --- drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c index 911808ab13a7..4f3076d4ea34 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c @@ -1407,8 +1407,10 @@ static int pcnet32_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget) pcnet32_restart(dev, CSR0_START); netif_wake_queue(dev); } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->lock, flags); if (work_done < budget && napi_complete_done(napi, work_done)) { + spin_lock_irqsave(&lp->lock, flags); /* clear interrupt masks */ val = lp->a->read_csr(ioaddr, CSR3); val &= 0x00ff; @@ -1416,9 +1418,9 @@ static int pcnet32_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget) /* Set interrupt enable. */ lp->a->write_csr(ioaddr, CSR0, CSR0_INTEN); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->lock, flags); } - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->lock, flags); return work_done; } -- 2.39.5