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DateMon, 29 May 2006 23:23:13 +0200
FromIngo Molnar <>
Subject[patch 02/61] lock validator: forcedeth.c fix
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

nv_do_nic_poll() is called from timer softirqs, which has interrupts
enabled, but np->lock might also be taken by some other interrupt
context.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/forcedeth.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: linux/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ linux/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -2869,6 +2869,7 @@ static void nv_do_nic_poll(unsigned long
 	struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *) data;
 	struct fe_priv *np = netdev_priv(dev);
 	u8 __iomem *base = get_hwbase(dev);
+	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 mask = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -2897,10 +2898,9 @@ static void nv_do_nic_poll(unsigned long
 			mask |= NVREG_IRQ_OTHER;
 		}
 	}
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	np->nic_poll_irq = 0;
 
-	/* FIXME: Do we need synchronize_irq(dev->irq) here? */
-
 	writel(mask, base + NvRegIrqMask);
 	pci_push(base);
 
@@ -2924,6 +2924,7 @@ static void nv_do_nic_poll(unsigned long
 			enable_irq(np->msi_x_entry[NV_MSI_X_VECTOR_OTHER].vector);
 		}
 	}
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-
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