2 files changed, 24 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
index db73de0d2511..2099edbbfdfd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
@@ -209,8 +209,10 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, bnx2_pci_tbl);
 
 static inline u32 bnx2_tx_avail(struct bnx2 *bp)
 {
-        u32 diff = TX_RING_IDX(bp->tx_prod) - TX_RING_IDX(bp->tx_cons);
+        u32 diff;
 
+        smp_mb();
+        diff = TX_RING_IDX(bp->tx_prod) - TX_RING_IDX(bp->tx_cons);
         if (diff > MAX_TX_DESC_CNT)
                 diff = (diff & MAX_TX_DESC_CNT) - 1;
         return (bp->tx_ring_size - diff);
@@ -1686,15 +1688,20 @@ bnx2_tx_int(struct bnx2 *bp)
         }
 
         bp->tx_cons = sw_cons;
+        /* Need to make the tx_cons update visible to bnx2_start_xmit()
+         * before checking for netif_queue_stopped().  Without the
+         * memory barrier, there is a small possibility that bnx2_start_xmit()
+         * will miss it and cause the queue to be stopped forever.
+         */
+        smp_mb();
 
-        if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(bp->dev))) {
-                spin_lock(&bp->tx_lock);
+        if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(bp->dev)) &&
+                     (bnx2_tx_avail(bp) > bp->tx_wake_thresh)) {
+                netif_tx_lock(bp->dev);
                 if ((netif_queue_stopped(bp->dev)) &&
-                    (bnx2_tx_avail(bp) > MAX_SKB_FRAGS)) {
-
+                    (bnx2_tx_avail(bp) > bp->tx_wake_thresh))
                         netif_wake_queue(bp->dev);
-                }
-                spin_unlock(&bp->tx_lock);
+                netif_tx_unlock(bp->dev);
         }
 }
 
@@ -3503,6 +3510,8 @@ bnx2_init_tx_ring(struct bnx2 *bp)
         struct tx_bd *txbd;
         u32 val;
 
+        bp->tx_wake_thresh = bp->tx_ring_size / 2;
+
         txbd = &bp->tx_desc_ring[MAX_TX_DESC_CNT];
                 
         txbd->tx_bd_haddr_hi = (u64) bp->tx_desc_mapping >> 32;
@@ -4390,10 +4399,8 @@ bnx2_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device *dev, uint16_t vid)
 #endif
 
 /* Called with netif_tx_lock.
- * hard_start_xmit is pseudo-lockless - a lock is only required when
- * the tx queue is full. This way, we get the benefit of lockless
- * operations most of the time without the complexities to handle
- * netif_stop_queue/wake_queue race conditions.
+ * bnx2_tx_int() runs without netif_tx_lock unless it needs to call
+ * netif_wake_queue().
  */
 static int
 bnx2_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
@@ -4512,12 +4519,9 @@ bnx2_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 
         if (unlikely(bnx2_tx_avail(bp) <= MAX_SKB_FRAGS)) {
-                spin_lock(&bp->tx_lock);
                 netif_stop_queue(dev);
-                
-                if (bnx2_tx_avail(bp) > MAX_SKB_FRAGS)
+                if (bnx2_tx_avail(bp) > bp->tx_wake_thresh)
                         netif_wake_queue(dev);
-                spin_unlock(&bp->tx_lock);
         }
 
         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -5628,7 +5632,6 @@ bnx2_init_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct net_device *dev)
         bp->pdev = pdev;
 
         spin_lock_init(&bp->phy_lock);
-        spin_lock_init(&bp->tx_lock);
         INIT_WORK(&bp->reset_task, bnx2_reset_task, bp);
 
         dev->base_addr = dev->mem_start = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2.h b/drivers/net/bnx2.h
index 658c5ee95c73..fe804763c607 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2.h
@@ -3890,10 +3890,6 @@ struct bnx2 {
         u32             tx_prod_bseq __attribute__((aligned(L1_CACHE_BYTES)));
         u16             tx_prod;
 
-        struct tx_bd    *tx_desc_ring;
-        struct sw_bd    *tx_buf_ring;
-        int             tx_ring_size;
-
         u16             tx_cons __attribute__((aligned(L1_CACHE_BYTES)));
         u16             hw_tx_cons;
 
@@ -3916,9 +3912,11 @@ struct bnx2 {
         struct sw_bd            *rx_buf_ring;
         struct rx_bd            *rx_desc_ring[MAX_RX_RINGS];
 
-        /* Only used to synchronize netif_stop_queue/wake_queue when tx */
-        /* ring is full */
-        spinlock_t              tx_lock;
+        /* TX constants */
+        struct tx_bd    *tx_desc_ring;
+        struct sw_bd    *tx_buf_ring;
+        int             tx_ring_size;
+        u32             tx_wake_thresh;
 
         /* End of fields used in the performance code paths. */