Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10326] New: inconsistent lock state innet_rx_action

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Mar 27 2008 - 07:03:50 EST


From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:56:19 +0100

> How about this:
>
> <irqs disabled>
>
> netpoll_poll()
> poll_napi()
> spin_trylock(&napi->poll_lock)
> poll_one_napi()
> napi->poll() := sky2_poll()
> napi_complete()
> local_irq_disable()
> local_irq_enable() <--- *BUG*
>
> <irq>
> irq_exit()
> do_softirq()
> net_rx_action()
> spin_lock(&napi->poll_lock) <--- Deadlock!
>
> Because we still hold the lock....

Yep, that will deadlock.

Can some test if using local_irq_{save,restore}() in
napi_complete() cures this lockdep warning?

Thanks.
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