queue->state is a ternary spinlock in disguise, used by
OSA's TX completion path to lock the Output Queue and flush any pending
packets on it to the device. If the Queue is already locked by our TX
code, setting the lock word to QETH_OUT_Q_LOCKED_FLUSH lets the TX
completion code move on - the TX path will later take care of things
when it unlocks the Queue.
This sort of DIY locking is a non-starter of course, just let the
TX completion path block on the spinlock when necessary. If that ends up
causing additional latency due to lock contention, then converting
the OSA path to use xmit_more is the right way to go forward.
Also slightly expand the locked section and capture all of
qeth_do_send_packet(), so that the update for the 'bufs_pack' statistics
is done race-free.
While reworking the TX completion path's code, remove a barrier() that
doesn't make any sense.
Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>