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

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Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:13:04 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	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

Am Dienstag 31 März 2009 20:45:49 schrieb Larry Finger:

> @@ -796,7 +799,7 @@ static int kaweth_start_xmit(struct sk_b

> @@ -848,7 +851,7 @@ skip:
>  		net->trans_start = jiffies;
>  	}
>
> -	spin_unlock(&kaweth->device_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&kaweth->device_lock);

Here you enable interrupts. Are you sure ndo_start_xmit is never
called with interrupts disabled?

	Regards
		Oliver

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