netdev - Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: using spin_lock_irqsave() in net_send

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Message-Id: <20090714.123500.192799902.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:35:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dongdong.deng@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: using spin_lock_irqsave() in
 net_send_packet()

From: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@...driver.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:27:06 +0800

> spin_unlock_irq() will enable interrupt in net_send_packet(),
> this patch changes it to spin_lock_irqsave/spin_lock_irqrestore,
> so that it doesn't enable interrupts when already disabled,
> and netconsole would work properly over cs89x0/isa-skeleton.
> 
> Call trace:
> netconsole write_msg()
> {
>  ...
>  -> spin_lock_irqsave();
>         -> netpoll_send_udp()
>           -> netpoll_send_skb()
>             -> net_send_packet()
>               ->...
> 
>  -> spin_unlock_irqrestore();
>  ...
> }
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@...driver.com>

Applied.
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