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From: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
To: Tim Sander <tim01@vlsi.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
Cc: linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Latest PreemptRT patch error on imx35
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:22:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090831132200.GA21836@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200908311143.08952.tim01@vlsi.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>

Hello Tim,

> I just bootet 2.6.31-rc8-rt9 on the phycore-imx35 development board, 
> without any additional patches. The FEC Ethernet Controller went belly 
> up, but the system booted nevertheless. [...]
The problem is that &fep->mii_lock is taken twice.  On a normal (i.e.
non-RT) UP system that doesn't hurt because spinlocks are noops (unless
you have some debugging code activated).

The exact problem is:
	fec_enet_mii (this takes &fep->mii_lock) and calls mip->mii_func
	which happens to be mii_queue.  mii_queue in turn takes
	&fep->mii_lock again.

The correct fix is probably to split mii_queue into a function that
locks and a function that does the actual work.  And then use the latter
in fec_enet_mii.

I'd prepare a patch but my wife just called me to eat some cake :-)

So maybe later today or tomorrow, we'll see.

Best regards
Uwe

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       reply	other threads:[~2009-08-31 13:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200908311143.08952.tim01@vlsi.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
2009-08-31 13:22 ` Uwe Kleine-König [this message]
2009-08-31 15:29   ` Latest PreemptRT patch error on imx35 Tim Sander
2009-08-31 16:37   ` [PATCH] " Tim Sander
2009-09-02  9:14   ` [PATCH 1/2] fec: fix recursive locking of mii_lock Uwe Kleine-König
2009-09-02  9:14     ` [PATCH 2/2] fec: don't enable irqs in hard irq context Uwe Kleine-König
2009-09-03  1:14       ` Greg Ungerer
2009-09-03  6:17         ` David Miller
2009-09-03  1:16     ` [PATCH 1/2] fec: fix recursive locking of mii_lock Greg Ungerer
2009-09-03  6:17       ` David Miller

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