netdev - Re: [PATCH] 6pack,mkiss: fix lock inconsistency

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Date:	Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:30:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	f6bvp@...e.fr, ralf@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 6pack,mkiss: fix lock inconsistency

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 23:28:46 +0200

> Lockdep found a locking inconsistency in the mkiss_close function:
> 
>> kernel: [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
>> kernel: 2.6.39.1 #3
>> kernel: ---------------------------------
>> kernel: inconsistent {IN-SOFTIRQ-R} -> {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} usage.
>> kernel: ax25ipd/2813 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
>> kernel: (disc_data_lock){+++?.-}, at: [<ffffffffa018552b>] mkiss_close+0x1b/0x90 [mkiss]
>> kernel: {IN-SOFTIRQ-R} state was registered at:
> 
> The message hints that disc_data_lock is aquired with softirqs disabled,
> but does not itself disable softirqs, which can in rare circumstances
> lead to a deadlock. 
> The same problem is present in the 6pack driver, this patch fixes both
> by using write_lock_bh instead of write_lock.
> 
> Reported-by: Bernard F6BVP <f6bvp@...e.fr>
> Tested-by: Bernard F6BVP <f6bvp@...e.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle<ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> Cc: stable@...nel.org

Applied, thanks!
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