From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: using spin_lock_irqsave() in net_send_packet() Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:35:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20090714.123500.192799902.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1247466426-14205-1-git-send-email-dongdong.deng@windriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: dongdong.deng@windriver.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:38877 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756069AbZGNTe4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:34:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1247466426-14205-1-git-send-email-dongdong.deng@windriver.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Dongdong Deng Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:27:06 +0800 > spin_unlock_irq() will enable interrupt in net_send_packet(), > this patch changes it to spin_lock_irqsave/spin_lock_irqrestore, > so that it doesn't enable interrupts when already disabled, > and netconsole would work properly over cs89x0/isa-skeleton. > > Call trace: > netconsole write_msg() > { > ... > -> spin_lock_irqsave(); > -> netpoll_send_udp() > -> netpoll_send_skb() > -> net_send_packet() > ->... > > -> spin_unlock_irqrestore(); > ... > } > > Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng Applied.