linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] kernel: local_irq_{save,restore}

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Date:	Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:23:26 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, mingo@...e.hu, acme@...hat.com,
	paulus@...ba.org, efault@....de, fweisbec@...il.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] kernel: local_irq_{save,restore}_nmi()

On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 18:19 -0700, David Miller wrote:

> That's the whole point, so that the problem is more easily noticed and
> it gets fixed long before I end up accidently testing the code on my
> machines :-)
> 
> To be honest, the fix is so trivial, you just need to add '_nmi' to
> the local_irq_{save,restore}() calls that warn like this.
> 
> I'm even willing to have you forward all of those reports to me and
> I'll be responsible for fixing them.
> 
> How's that? :-)

Sure.

/me sets up his procmailrc to search for the WARN_ON line in
trace_irqsoff.c and have it forward to davem.

-- Steve


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