3c59x: Remove incorrect locking; correct documented lock hierarchy

[pandora-kernel.git] / drivers / net / 3c59x.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
index c685a55..a045559 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/3c59x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ struct vortex_private {
        u16 io_size;                                            /* Size of PCI region (for release_region) */
 
        /* Serialises access to hardware other than MII and variables below.
-        * The lock hierarchy is rtnl_lock > lock > mii_lock > window_lock. */
+        * The lock hierarchy is rtnl_lock > {lock, mii_lock} > window_lock. */
        spinlock_t lock;
 
        spinlock_t mii_lock;            /* Serialises access to MII */
@@ -2984,7 +2984,6 @@ static int vortex_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 {
        int err;
        struct vortex_private *vp = netdev_priv(dev);
-       unsigned long flags;
        pci_power_t state = 0;
 
        if(VORTEX_PCI(vp))
@@ -2994,9 +2993,7 @@ static int vortex_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 
        if(state != 0)
                pci_set_power_state(VORTEX_PCI(vp), PCI_D0);
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&vp->lock, flags);
        err = generic_mii_ioctl(&vp->mii, if_mii(rq), cmd, NULL);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vp->lock, flags);
        if(state != 0)
                pci_set_power_state(VORTEX_PCI(vp), state);