netdev - Re: [PATCH resend] Fix a lock problem in generic phy code

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Date:	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:58:59 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	hjk@...utronix.de (Hans-J??rgen Koch)
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jeff@...zik.org, afleming@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Fix a lock problem in generic phy code

Hans-J??rgen Koch <hjk@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> The following patch fixes it. Tested on an AT91SAM9263-EK board, kernel 2.6.23-rc4 and -rc3-mm1.

Could you please audit all instances of physdev->lock and add
_bh where necessary?  I can see that at least phys_stop also
needs the _bh.

We should also consider whether it makes sense to move the
timer into a work queue.

Thanks,
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