Re: [PATCH] rtc: lockdep fix
From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Sep 20 2006 - 04:56:19 EST
* Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >ouch! That is a scenario that could lead to real lockups. Fix looks
> >good and necessary for v2.6.18 to me.
>
> btw this entire code path is evil; the rtc_get_rtc_time() function can
> do really long delays which is unsuitable for being called in
> interrupt context!
yeah - but i dont think it triggers that often, and a fix for that
probably isnt for v2.6.18.
Ingo
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