netdev - Re: [GIT] Networking

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Message-Id: <20100816.135707.232921794.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:57:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:22:10 +0200

> [PATCH] netfilter: {ip,ip6,arp}_tables: avoid lockdep false positive
> 
> After commit 24b36f019 (netfilter: {ip,ip6,arp}_tables: dont block
> bottom half more than necessary), lockdep can raise a warning
> because we attempt to lock a spinlock with BH enabled, while
> the same lock is usually locked by another cpu in a softirq context.
> 
> Disable again BH to avoid these lockdep warnings.
> 
> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Diagnosed-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> CC: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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