netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Disable local BHes to prevent a dead-lock situation

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Message-ID: <1290607444.3464.39.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:04:04 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Vladislav Zolotarov <vladz@...adcom.com>
Cc:	Dave Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	netdev list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Disable local BHes to prevent a
 dead-lock situation

Le mercredi 24 novembre 2010 à 15:45 +0200, Vladislav Zolotarov a
écrit :
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> 
> According to Eric's suggestion:
> Disable local BHes to prevent a dead-lock situation between sch_direct_xmit()
> (Soft_IRQ context) and bnx2x_tx_int (called by bnx2x_run_loopback() - syscall
> context), as both are taking a netif_tx_lock().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vladislav Zolotarov <vladz@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
> ---
> CCing Eric... :)

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Thanks !


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