netdev - Re: [SC92031]: Fix priv->lock context

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Message-ID: <461A8D9D.6070604@pobox.com>
Date:	Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:01:49 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, adaplas@....net
Subject: Re: [SC92031]: Fix priv->lock context

David Miller wrote:
> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 07:57:03 +1000
> 
>> On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 09:59:29AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>>> Where is the patch? :-)
>>>
>>> Second time you've done this in two days Herbert, tsk tsk :)))
>> The patch was so easy that it was left as an exercise to the reader :)
>>
>> [SC92031]: Fix priv->lock context
>>
>> The spin_lock calls made in dev->open and dev->close must disable
>> BH since open/close are made in process context.  Conversely, the
>> call in dev->hard_start_xmit does not need to disable BH since it
>> is already executing with BH disabled.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> 
> Applied, either Jeff or myself will make sure this gets into
> Linus's tree.

Sounds like you got this one?

	Jeff



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