RE: [PATCH net-next 1/7] r8152: adjust rx_bottom

[Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com>]

 David Miller [mailto:davem@davemloft.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 5:14 AM
[...]
> >> -               r8152_submit_rx(tp, agg, GFP_ATOMIC);
> >> +               if (!ret) {
> >> +                       ret = r8152_submit_rx(tp, agg, GFP_ATOMIC);
> >> +               } else {
> >> +                       urb->actual_length = 0;
> >> +                       list_add_tail(&agg->list, next);
> > 
> > Do you need a spin_lock_irqsave(&tp->rx_lock, flags) around this?
> 
> Indeed, and rtl_start_rx() seems to also access agg->list without
> proper locking.

It is unnecessary because I deal with them in a local list_head. My steps are
   1. Move the whole list from tp->rx_done to local rx_queue. (with spin lock)
   2. dequeue/enqueue the lists in rx_queue.
   3. Move the lists in rx_queue to tp->rx_done if it is necessary. (spin lock)
For step 2, it wouldn't have race, because the list_head is local and no other
function would change it. Therefore, I don't think it needs the spin lock.

The rtl_start_rx() also uses the similar way.
 
Best Regards,
Hayes