Re: [AX25] inconsistent lock state

[f6bvp]

Hi,

I applied the patch and since then I could not reproduce the
inconsistent lock state.
Thus mkiss patch fixed it.

Thanks,

Bernard

Le 17/06/2011 16:11, Arnd Bergmann a écrit :
> On Friday 17 June 2011 15:51:48 Ralf Baechle wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 03:36:15PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >
> > (Removed Jarek from cc; his email bounces.)
> >
> > > The message hints that disc_data_lock is aquired with softirqs disabled,
> > > but does not itself disable softirqs, which can in rare circumstances
> > > lead to a deadlock.
> > >
> > > Does this fix it?
> > If so, drivers/net/hamradio.c, function sp_get() would probably need the
> > equivalent fix.  Same for drivers/net/ppp_async.c:ap_get() and sp_get() in
> > drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c.
> It seems that ppp_synctty.c is ok, it uses write_lock_irq() already,
> sixpack.c looks like it has the same bug as mkiss. I also realized
> after sending out the patch that only the write_lock needs to be
> changed to write_lock_bh, while read_lock can leave softirqs enabled
> because it can be called recursively.
>
> 	Arnd

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