Re: per_cpu_counter_sum lockdep warning

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Wed Jun 04 2008 - 00:58:03 EST


>
> Some percpu counters are supposed to be used from interrupt context.
> These are created with percpu_counter_init_irq. Others are not and
> should be created with percpu_counter_init. It seems like someone's
> made a mess of that rule. This is likely to be a driver, IMO. Perhaps
> you could work on tracking this down?
>

Sorry for the noise. It was patch I had applied on my tree, not yet in mainline.
The explanation though did help me find and fix the problem.


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Warm Regards,
Balbir Singh
Linux Technology Center
IBM, ISTL
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