Re: [PATCH 1/1 repost #1] DRM: don't enable irqs in locking

From: Johannes Engel
Date: Wed Aug 13 2008 - 07:08:51 EST


Thomas Hellström wrote:
Johannes Engel wrote:
Thomas Hellström wrote:
Yes, this bug could occur, but the remedy is not to use spin_lock_irqsave() for lock_data::spinlock but to avoid calling drm_lock_take with the drm_device::tasklet_lock held with irqs disabled.
I'll see if I can come up with a patch.
Hi Thomas,

any news on that so far?

Cheers, Johannes
Hi!
Been on vacation.

Pls try the attached patch.
It works for me. Thanks a lot.
Hope you had pleasant holidays. :)

Cheers, Johannes
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