Re: [PATCH] rtc: lockdep fix

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Sep 20 2006 - 04:53:26 EST



* Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> BUG: warning at kernel/lockdep.c:1816/trace_hardirqs_on() (Not tainted)
> [<c04051ee>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x58/0x171
> [<c0405802>] show_trace+0xd/0x10
> [<c040591b>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
> [<c043abee>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xa2/0x11e
> [<c06143c3>] _spin_unlock_irq+0x22/0x26
> [<c0541540>] rtc_get_rtc_time+0x32/0x176
> [<c0419ba4>] hpet_rtc_interrupt+0x92/0x14d
> [<c0450f94>] handle_IRQ_event+0x20/0x4d
> [<c0451055>] __do_IRQ+0x94/0xef
> [<c040678d>] do_IRQ+0x9e/0xbd
> [<c0404a49>] common_interrupt+0x25/0x2c

ouch! That is a scenario that could lead to real lockups. Fix looks good
and necessary for v2.6.18 to me.

> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

Ingo
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