linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-rc5 with GRE, iptables and Speedtouch ADSL, PPP over ATM

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Date:	Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:59:24 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc5 with GRE, iptables and Speedtouch ADSL, PPP over ATM

Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com> writes:

> dev_activate takes BH disabling locks only. How could a softirq happen
> on the same cpu and trigger a deadlock ?

That's BTW "possible circular locking dependency" and there is only
one CPU (no HT, single core - an old mobile Celeron P3).

I have to admit this machine has a history of mysterious hangs (black
screen of death), though I think they are related to LAN and maybe disk
activity, not GRE/PPP/ATM/ADSL (RAM tests ok, the hardware is rather
common - i440BX etc. but who knows).
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa

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