Subject: Re: [PATCH net] pcnet32: stop holding device spin lock during napi_complete_done

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:34:34 -0700

On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 18:41:58 +0200 Oscar Maes wrote:
> The suggested race condition is impossible, even after
> calling napi_complete_done all pcnet32 interrupts are masked via CSR3.
> pcnet32_interrupt would never be called until the second locked
> section in pcnet32_poll, which unmasks the interrupts.

Not very clear to me that pcnet32_interrupt() will not trigger until we
unmask, but okay, not worth the effort..