linux-kernel - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10701] New: snd

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Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 21:32:49 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Stas Sergeev <stsp@...et.ru>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10701] New: snd_pcsp lockdep warning

On Fri, 16 May 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > So the author was well aware of locking problem and the whole code is
> > just a stupid hack around the problem without solving it. This code is
> > not at all suited for HRTIMER_CB_IRQSAFE.
> 
> You sound impressed!  So what's the fix?  HRTIMER_CB_SOFTIRQ?

Yeah, impressed by creativity. HRTIMER_CB_SOFTIRQ should be the right
thing.

Thanks,
	tglx

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