From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: PPPOE lockdep report in dev_queue_xmit+0x8b8/0x900 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:34:25 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20130219.143425.2168723550194243266.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1361217052.19353.101.camel@edumazet-glaptop> <1361272221.2282.5.camel@d2> <1361299323.19353.156.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: yaneti@declera.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:35630 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933179Ab3BSTe0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:34:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1361299323.19353.156.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:42:03 -0800 > [PATCH v2] ppp: set qdisc_tx_busylock to avoid LOCKDEP splat > > If a qdisc is installed on a ppp device, its possible to get > a lockdep splat under stress, because nested dev_queue_xmit() can > lock busylock a second time (on a different device, so its a false > positive) > > Avoid this problem using a distinct lock_class_key for ppp > devices. > > Reported-by: Yanko Kaneti > Tested-by: Yanko Kaneti > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Eric.