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Subject: Re: wireless-testing (2.6.36-rc6):  inconsistent {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} ->
 {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} usage.
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 10:57 -0700, Ben Greear wrote:

> >> =================================
> >> [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
> >> 2.6.36-rc6-wl+ #20
> >> ---------------------------------
> >> inconsistent {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} ->  {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} usage.
> >> kworker/u:0/5 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
> >>    (&(&list->lock)->rlock){+.?...}, at: [<c0741066>] packet_rcv+0x1f3/0x27a
> >
> > I think this is due to
> >
> > commit 5ed3bc7288487bd4f891f420a07319e0b538b4fe
> > Author: John W. Linville<linville@tuxdriver.com>
> > Date:   Thu Jun 24 14:38:30 2010 -0400
> >
> >      mac80211: use netif_receive_skb in ieee80211_tx_status callpath
> 
> Before I go hacking on this, is anyone already working on it?

I'm not aware of anyone.

johannes