Re: lockups with 2.4.20 (tg3? net/core/dev.c|deliver_to_old_ones)

Jeff Garzik
2003-02-26T15:53:38Z

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Rhodes, Tom wrote:
>>Here is the call stack of the deadlocked CPUs on a RH8.0 system with a
>>2.4.18-24.8.0 smp kernel:
>>CPU 2:
>>deliver_to_old_ones+45
>>netif_receive_skb
>>tg3_rx+27b
>>tg3_poll+81
>>net_rx_action
>>do_softirq
>>do_IRQ
>>call_do_IRQ
>>
>>CPU 6:
>>tg3_timer (tg3+9fc4)
>>run_timer_list+0x112
>>bh_action+55
>>tasklet_hi_action+67
>>do_softirq+d9
>>do_IRQ
>>call_do_IRQ+5
>>
>
> Until this is fixed, there are a couple work-arounds:

It's fixed in tg3 version 1.4c, which is attached. James Bourne also
put up tg3 2.4.20 patches containing the needed fixes, at
http://www.hardrock.org/kernel/2.4.20

Jeff

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