netdev - Re: [PATCH] r8169: initialize rtl8169

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Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:32:40 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kyle@...radead.org
Cc:	bp@...en8.de, nic_swsd@...ltek.com, romieu@...zoreil.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: initialize rtl8169_stats seqlock

From: Kyle McMartin <kyle@...radead.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:12:28 -0500

> From: Kyle McMartin <kyle@...hat.com>
> 
> Boris reports he's seeing:
>> [    9.195943] INFO: trying to register non-static key.
>> [    9.196031] the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation.
>> [    9.196031] turning off the locking correctness validator.
>> [    9.196031] CPU: 1 PID: 933 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.14.0-rc4+ #1
> with the r8169 driver.
> 
> These are occuring because the seqcount embedded in u64_stats_sync on
> 32-bit SMP is uninitialized which is making lockdep unhappy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@...hat.com>

Good catch, applied, thanks Kyle.
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