linux-kernel - Re: [patch] forcedeth: fix locking bug with netconsole

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Message-ID: <47E3DDD1.2010601@pobox.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:09:53 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] forcedeth: fix locking bug with netconsole

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Subject: forcedeth: fix locking bug with netconsole
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> 
> while using netconsole on forcedeth, lockdep noticed the following
> locking bug:
[...]
> the fix is to disable/restore irqs instead of disable/enable.

So we make _the_ TX fast path slower, to accomodate a path that is 
rarely executed?

That seems like the wrong fix to me.

	Jeff



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