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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h17
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c19
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
index 7f20a03623a..181ac027774 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
@@ -95,23 +95,6 @@
#define ADDR_IN_WINDOW1(off) \
((off > NETXEN_CRB_PCIX_HOST2) && (off < NETXEN_CRB_MAX)) ? 1 : 0
-/*
- * In netxen_nic_down(), we must wait for any pending callback requests into
- * netxen_watchdog_task() to complete; eg otherwise the watchdog_timer could be
- * reenabled right after it is deleted in netxen_nic_down(). FLUSH_SCHEDULED_WORK()
- * does this synchronization.
- *
- * Normally, schedule_work()/flush_scheduled_work() could have worked, but
- * netxen_nic_close() is invoked with kernel rtnl lock held. netif_carrier_off()
- * call in netxen_nic_close() triggers a schedule_work(&linkwatch_work), and a
- * subsequent call to flush_scheduled_work() in netxen_nic_down() would cause
- * linkwatch_event() to be executed which also attempts to acquire the rtnl
- * lock thus causing a deadlock.
- */
-
-#define SCHEDULE_WORK(tp) queue_work(netxen_workq, tp)
-#define FLUSH_SCHEDULED_WORK() flush_workqueue(netxen_workq)
-extern struct workqueue_struct *netxen_workq;
/*
* normalize a 64MB crb address to 32MB PCI window
diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index a8fb439a4d0..7144c255ce5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -86,7 +86,24 @@ static struct pci_device_id netxen_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = {
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, netxen_pci_tbl);
-struct workqueue_struct *netxen_workq;
+/*
+ * In netxen_nic_down(), we must wait for any pending callback requests into
+ * netxen_watchdog_task() to complete; eg otherwise the watchdog_timer could be
+ * reenabled right after it is deleted in netxen_nic_down().
+ * FLUSH_SCHEDULED_WORK() does this synchronization.
+ *
+ * Normally, schedule_work()/flush_scheduled_work() could have worked, but
+ * netxen_nic_close() is invoked with kernel rtnl lock held. netif_carrier_off()
+ * call in netxen_nic_close() triggers a schedule_work(&linkwatch_work), and a
+ * subsequent call to flush_scheduled_work() in netxen_nic_down() would cause
+ * linkwatch_event() to be executed which also attempts to acquire the rtnl
+ * lock thus causing a deadlock.
+ */
+
+static struct workqueue_struct *netxen_workq;
+#define SCHEDULE_WORK(tp) queue_work(netxen_workq, tp)
+#define FLUSH_SCHEDULED_WORK() flush_workqueue(netxen_workq)
+
static void netxen_watchdog(unsigned long);
static void netxen_nic_update_cmd_producer(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,