netdev - Re: [PATCH] convert sbmac tx to spin_lock_irqsave to prevent early IRQ enable

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Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:33:40 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
CC:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>,
	Weiwei Wang <weiwei.wang@...driver.com>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] convert sbmac tx to spin_lock_irqsave to prevent early
 IRQ enable

Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 07:40:51AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:25:37AM +0800, Weiwei Wang wrote:
>>> Netpoll will call the interrupt handler with interrupts
>>> disabled when using kgdboe, so spin_lock_irqsave() should
>>> be used instead of spin_lock_irq() to prevent interrupts
>>> from being incorrectly enabled.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Weiwei Wang <weiwei.wang@...driver.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c |   12 +++++++-----
>>>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>> Please send to jeff@...zik.org or jgarzik@...ox.com.
> 
> Jeff - I haven't looked at kgdboe but if he's right half of drivers/net
> will need to be fixed ...

Oh indeed.  I mainly do it on a case-by-case basis where people care.  I 
overall think its a bogus change that deserves pushback, but that 
involves non-networking layers.  In the end, case-by-case application 
seemed to win.

	Jeff



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