linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 V2] kaweth: Fix locking to be SMP-safe

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Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:04:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	oliver@...kum.org
Cc:	Larry.Finger@...inger.net, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 V2] kaweth: Fix locking to be SMP-safe

From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:50:38 +0200

> Am Dienstag 31 März 2009 20:45:49 schrieb Larry Finger:
> > On an SMP system, the following message is printed. The patch below gets
> > fixes the problem.
> 
> Are you sure it is never called with disabled interrupts?

Please be specific, what is this "it" you are referring to?

Larry's patch modifies the locking many functions, and you didn't
quote the kernel locking error message if that provides the context of
your comment.
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