netdev - Re: [PATCH kernel 2.6.35-rc3-git7] axnet_cs: local_irq_save before calling ei_irq

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Date:	Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:51:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ken_kawasaki@...ing.nifty.jp
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH kernel 2.6.35-rc3-git7] axnet_cs: local_irq_save before
 calling ei_irq_wrapper

From: Ken Kawasaki <ken_kawasaki@...ing.nifty.jp>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 20:22:43 +0900

> 
> axnet_cs:
>     local_irq_save before calling ei_irq_wrapper.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ken Kawasaki <ken_kawasaki@...ing.nifty.jp>

An interrupt handler may not assume that interrupts are disabled when
it is invoked.

The axnet_interrupt() code needs to be fixed to use
spin_lock_irqsave() et al.

Then, this change of your's is no longer needed.
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