linux-kernel - Re: [patch] net, 8139too.c: fix netpoll deadlock

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Date:	Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:28:02 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] net, 8139too.c: fix netpoll deadlock

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Subject: [patch] net, 8139too.c: fix netpoll deadlock
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> 
> fix deadlock in the 8139too driver: poll handlers should never forcibly 
> enable local interrupts, because they might be used by netpoll/printk 
> from IRQ context.

ACK

(I'll queue it, if Linus doesn't pick it up; please CC me in the future)


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