From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:54:13 +0200 (CEST) > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11382 > Subject : e1000e: 2.6.27-rc1 corrupts EEPROM/NVM > Submitter : David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxx> > Date : 2008-08-08 10:47 (45 days old) > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121819267211679&w=4 > Handled-By : Christopher Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixed by: commit 78566fecbb12a7616ae9a88b2ffbc8062c4a89e3 Author: Christopher Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Sep 5 14:04:05 2008 -0700 e1000: prevent corruption of EEPROM/NVM Andrey reports e1000 corruption, and that a patch in vmware's ESX fixed it. The EEPROM corruption is triggered by concurrent access of the EEPROM read/write. Putting a lock around it solve the problem. [akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: use DEFINE_SPINLOCK to avoid confusing lockdep] Signed-off-by: Christopher Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> Cc: Zach Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pratap Subrahmanyam <pratap@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Ronciak <john.ronciak@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
