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sata_mv: fix MSI irq race condition

Fix a (rare) race condition in mv_interrupt() when using MSI.

The value of hpriv->main_irq_mask_addr can change on on the fly,
and without this patch we could end up writing back a stale copy
to the hardware.

Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Mark Lord 16 years ago
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      drivers/ata/sata_mv.c

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drivers/ata/sata_mv.c

@@ -2218,12 +2218,13 @@ static irqreturn_t mv_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_instance)
 		else
 			handled = mv_host_intr(host, pending_irqs);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&host->lock);
 
 	/* for MSI: unmask; interrupt cause bits will retrigger now */
 	if (using_msi)
 		writel(hpriv->main_irq_mask, hpriv->main_irq_mask_addr);
 
+	spin_unlock(&host->lock);
+
 	return IRQ_RETVAL(handled);
 }