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SubjectRe: 2.3.47 tulip lockup
kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> > There is a known softnet bug, that should be fixed in 2.3.48. I am not
> > sure if that is the problem here though. Is this alpha an SMP box?
>
> Jeff, please, remove spin lock from outl_CSR6().
>
> Probably, it is some useful spinlock, but its main result is inevitable
> deadlock at the first more-or-less unusual event.

It's old code from tulip_cb, and it's already gone... :) The driver
just got an SMP locking overhaul, which fixed several bugs, including
the one Andrea mentions.

Jeff



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