On Friday 20 June 2008 17:55:41 Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Friday 20 June 2008 17:27:48 Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > [<c012b361>] local_bh_enable_ip+0xd1/0xe0 > > > [<c08d9f9f>] _spin_unlock_bh+0x2f/0x40 > > > [<c0471b92>] vortex_timer+0xe2/0x3e0 > > > > > real bug or false positive? > > > > Well, a timer runs with IRQs disabled, no? So this would be a bug. > > indeed - agreed :) [no time for me to fix it, but can test any rfc patch.] A quick workaround always is to convert the lock into an _irqsafe lock. Although it introduces higher overhead (interrupt-wise), it prevents the bug. A real fix would require to understand the locking in the driver, which I don't, as I never looked at the driver. :) -- Greetings Michael. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
