net: bcmgenet: relax lock constraints to reduce IRQ latency

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Since the ring locks are not used in a hard IRQ context it is often
not necessary to disable global IRQs while waiting on a lock.

Using less restrictive lock and unlock calls improves the real-time
responsiveness of the system.

Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Doug Berger 2017-10-25 15:04:17 -07:00 • committed by David S. Miller

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drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c

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