Re: [patch] netpoll: fix netpoll lockups

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> current -git doesnt boot on my laptop due to the following netpoll 
> breakages:
> 
>  - unlock the tx lock in the else branch too ...
>  - use irq-safe locking instead of bh-safe locking, netpoll is
>    often called from irq context.

This one doesn't apply for me any more, probably because David checked in 
the patch from Andrew that fixed at least _part_ of the problem.

Davem, Ingo, Herbert, can you verify whether the fixes in the current -git 
tree replace this patch from Ingo, or whether Ingo's patch is still needed 
and just needs to be refreshed.

		Linus
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/