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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Joseph Fannin <jfannin@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arjan@infradead.org,
	John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [LOCKDEP] 2.6.18-rc1: inconsistent {hardirq-on-W} -> {in-hardirq-W} usage
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 09:45:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060709074543.GA4444@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060708232512.12b59269.akpm@osdl.org>


* Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:

> yup, thanks, bug.
> 
> --- a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c~get_cmos_time-locking-fix
> +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
> @@ -206,15 +206,16 @@ irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, voi
>  unsigned long get_cmos_time(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned long retval;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
> -	spin_lock(&rtc_lock);
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

this bug has been in the upstream kernel for a couple of years: it was
apparently introduced as part of HPET support, via the late_time_init()
hook/hack in init/main.c. The lockup window is open once, during bootup.

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-09  7:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-09  5:05 [LOCKDEP] 2.6.18-rc1: inconsistent {hardirq-on-W} -> {in-hardirq-W} usage Joseph Fannin
2006-07-09  6:25 ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-09  7:45   ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2006-07-11  5:11     ` Joseph Fannin
2006-07-11  7:45       ` [patch] lockdep: HPET/RTC fix Ingo Molnar
2006-07-14  3:57         ` [PATCH] remove unnecessary barrier in rtc_get_rtc_time Steven Rostedt
2006-08-05 21:59         ` [patch] lockdep: HPET/RTC fix Joseph Fannin

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