From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org>,
Ray Lee <ray-lk-0Cg02Ec9UG4BXFe83j6qeQ@public.gmane.org>,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Joseph Fannin <jhf-rN3PHIWzTs1Jm/Hvfsr4+Q@public.gmane.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
John Linville <linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>,
Michael Buesch <mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>,
Bcm43xx-dev-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: bcm43xx regression 2.6.19rc3 -> rc5, rtnl_lock trouble?
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:05:08 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <455F3D44.4010502@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1163868955.27188.2.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 06:24 -0500, Joseph Fannin wrote:
>
>> This sounds like what my laptop was doing in -rc5, though mine
>> didn't take hours to start acting up.
>>
>> I *think* it was the MSI troubles, causing interrupts to get
>> lost forever. Anyway, it went away in -rc6.
>
> Hah, that's a lot more plausible than bcm43xx's drain patch actually
> causing this. So maybe somehow interrupts for bcm43xx aren't routed
> properly or something...
>
> Ray, please check /proc/interrupts when this happens.
>
> I am convinced that the patch in question (drain tx status) is not
> causing this -- the patch should be a no-op in most cases anyway, and in
> those cases where it isn't a no-op it'll run only once at card init and
> remove some things from a hardware-internal FIFO.
I agree that drain tx status should not cause the problem.
Ray, does -rc6 solve your problem as it did for Joseph?
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-18 17:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-15 19:01 bcm43xx regression 2.6.19rc3 -> rc5, rtnl_lock trouble? Ray Lee
[not found] ` <455B63EC.8070704-0Cg02Ec9UG4BXFe83j6qeQ@public.gmane.org>
2006-11-15 19:15 ` Michael Buesch
2006-11-15 19:41 ` Ray Lee
[not found] ` <455B6D74.2020507-0Cg02Ec9UG4BXFe83j6qeQ@public.gmane.org>
2006-11-16 2:51 ` Larry Finger
2006-11-16 5:51 ` Ray Lee
2006-11-16 18:17 ` Larry Finger
[not found] ` <455CAB2F.1060709-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2006-11-16 19:16 ` Michael Buesch
2006-11-16 19:36 ` Ray Lee
[not found] ` <455CBDD7.6000507-0Cg02Ec9UG4BXFe83j6qeQ@public.gmane.org>
2006-11-16 22:40 ` Larry Finger
2006-11-16 23:26 ` Ray Lee
[not found] ` <ae017dc00611161526v6bcbddc2ve2c7e10963d25c3b-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2006-11-17 1:13 ` Larry Finger
2006-11-18 11:24 ` Joseph Fannin
[not found] ` <20061118112438.GB15349-JY2TvBve8Und/56dcus+/6462+2Rg2F6@public.gmane.org>
2006-11-18 16:55 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1163868955.27188.2.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2006-11-18 17:05 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2006-11-18 17:27 ` Ray Lee
2006-11-18 18:30 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-11-21 6:21 ` Ray Lee
2006-11-18 19:02 ` Larry Finger
2006-11-19 16:01 ` Michael Buesch
2006-12-12 4:06 ` ieee80211 sleeping in invalid context Ray Lee
2006-12-12 9:14 ` Michael Buesch
2006-12-12 17:51 ` Ray Lee
[not found] ` <457EEC1E.9000806-0Cg02Ec9UG4BXFe83j6qeQ@public.gmane.org>
2006-12-12 18:31 ` Larry Finger
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