rio_free_tx (struct net_device *dev, int irq)
{
	struct netdev_private *np = netdev_priv(dev);
	int entry = np->old_tx % TX_RING_SIZE;
	int tx_use = 0;
	unsigned long flag = 0;

	if (irq)
		spin_lock(&np->tx_lock);
	else
		spin_lock_irqsave(&np->tx_lock, flag);

	/* Free used tx skbuffs */
	while (entry != np->cur_tx) {
		struct sk_buff *skb;

		if (!(np->tx_ring[entry].status & cpu_to_le64(TFDDone)))
			break;
		skb = np->tx_skbuff[entry];
		pci_unmap_single (np->pdev,
				  desc_to_dma(&np->tx_ring[entry]),
				  skb->len, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
		if (irq)
			dev_kfree_skb_irq (skb);
		else
			dev_kfree_skb (skb);

		np->tx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
		entry = (entry + 1) % TX_RING_SIZE;
		tx_use++;
	}
	if (irq)
		spin_unlock(&np->tx_lock);
	else
		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->tx_lock, flag);
	np->old_tx = entry;

	/* If the ring is no longer full, clear tx_full and
	   call netif_wake_queue() */

	if (netif_queue_stopped(dev) &&
	    ((np->cur_tx - np->old_tx + TX_RING_SIZE) % TX_RING_SIZE
	    < TX_QUEUE_LEN - 1 || np->speed == 10)) {
		netif_wake_queue (dev);
	}
}

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