Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:13:54 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [patch] netpoll: fix netpoll lockups |
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > current -git doesnt boot on my laptop due to the following netpoll > breakages: > > - unlock the tx lock in the else branch too ... > - use irq-safe locking instead of bh-safe locking, netpoll is > often called from irq context.
This one doesn't apply for me any more, probably because David checked in the patch from Andrew that fixed at least _part_ of the problem.
Davem, Ingo, Herbert, can you verify whether the fixes in the current -git tree replace this patch from Ingo, or whether Ingo's patch is still needed and just needs to be refreshed.
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