The patch titled down_write(): preserve local irqs has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is down_write-preserve-local-irqs.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: down_write(): preserve local irqs From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- lib/rwsem-spinlock.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/rwsem-spinlock.c~down_write-preserve-local-irqs lib/rwsem-spinlock.c --- a/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c~down_write-preserve-local-irqs +++ a/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c @@ -195,13 +195,14 @@ void fastcall __sched __down_write_neste { struct rwsem_waiter waiter; struct task_struct *tsk; + unsigned long flags; - spin_lock_irq(&sem->wait_lock); + spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags); if (sem->activity == 0 && list_empty(&sem->wait_list)) { /* granted */ sem->activity = -1; - spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags); goto out; } @@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ void fastcall __sched __down_write_neste list_add_tail(&waiter.list, &sem->wait_list); /* we don't need to touch the semaphore struct anymore */ - spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags); /* wait to be given the lock */ for (;;) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxx are origin.patch try_to_free_buffers-dont-clear-pte-dirty-bits.patch rtc-warning-fix.patch fix-vm_events_fold_cpu-build-breakage-fix.patch smc911-workqueue-fixes.patch schedule_timeout-improve-warning-message.patch down_write-preserve-local-irqs.patch shrink_all_memory-fix-lru_pages-handling.patch build-compileh-earlier.patch macintosh-mangle-caps-lock-events-on-adb-keyboards.patch git-acpi.patch acpi-dont-select-pm.patch implementation-of-acpi_video_get_next_level.patch video-sysfs-support-take-2-add-dev-argument-for-backlight_device_register.patch sony_apci-resume.patch sony_apci-resume-fix.patch 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