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tg3: Remove unnecessary lock around tg3_flag_set

The spinlock was needed when flags used to be a u32 and set/cleared
using bit operations. Now that we use the atomic set_bit, this lock
isn't needed.

Signed-off-by: Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Nithin Sujir 12 years ago
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      drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c

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drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c

@@ -6386,9 +6386,7 @@ static void tg3_tx_recover(struct tg3 *tp)
 		    "Please report the problem to the driver maintainer "
 		    "and include system chipset information.\n");
 
-	spin_lock(&tp->lock);
 	tg3_flag_set(tp, TX_RECOVERY_PENDING);
-	spin_unlock(&tp->lock);
 }
 
 static inline u32 tg3_tx_avail(struct tg3_napi *tnapi)