virtio-net: fix a race on 32bit arches
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Tue, 5 Jun 2012 22:35:24 +0000 (22:35 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:23:20 +0000 (20:23 -0700)
commit 3fa2a1df909 (virtio-net: per cpu 64 bit stats (v2)) added a race
on 32bit arches.

We must use separate syncp for rx and tx path as they can be run at the
same time on different cpus. Thus one sequence increment can be lost and
readers spin forever.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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