netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/802/mrp: fix lockdep splat

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 09:12:20 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb>,
	David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu>,
	hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/802/mrp: fix lockdep splat

On Mon, 2013-05-13 at 05:24 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>         del_timer_sync(&app->join_timer);
>  
> -       spin_lock(&app->lock);
> +       spin_lock_bh(&app->lock); 

But we just have removed the join timer before taking this spin lock, so
it is not possible to race with timer, but we still have race condition
with mrp_rcv() which is called in BH context too. However, this is not
what Denys reported, so I have no idea on this.


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