Re: 2.6.17-rc5-mm1 - output of lock validator

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed May 31 2006 - 17:21:40 EST


Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Wed, 31 May 2006 16:28:59 +0200
> > Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> --- linux-2.6.17-rc5-mm1.5.orig/drivers/net/8390.c
> >> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc5-mm1.5/drivers/net/8390.c
> >> @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static int ei_start_xmit(struct sk_buff
> >>
> >> disable_irq_nosync(dev->irq);
> >>
> >> - spin_lock(&ei_local->page_lock);
> >> + spin_lock_irqsave(&ei_local->page_lock, flags);
> >
> > Again, notabug - we did disable_irq().
>
> but does disable_irq() work in the light of that irqpoll stuff?
>

Don't have a clue what you're referring to, sorry.
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