Re: lockdep false positive? -- firewire-core transaction timer vs.scsi-core host lock

From: Clemens Ladisch
Date: Wed Aug 18 2010 - 04:53:18 EST


Stefan Richter wrote:
> Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > Because we might be in interrupt context, replace del_timer_sync() with
> > del_timer().
>
> Again, is the term "interrupt contexts" meant to include softIRQ contexts?

Yes:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/kernel-locking/g618.html#GLOSS-INTERRUPTCONTEXT
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