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Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:38:09 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Pat Gefre <pfg@sgi.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6 Altix : console fix for CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ usage
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:57:07 -0600 (CST)
Pat Gefre <pfg@sgi.com> wrote:

> The sn console driver was snagged by the use of CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ !
> 
> The request_irq() immediate call to the interrupt handler caused
> another attempt to lock the port lock - deadlock.
> 
> This is a patch to fix that.

Should this go into 2.6.20.x as well?