Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:26:14 +0530 | | From | Balbir Singh <> | | Subject | Re: per_cpu_counter_sum lockdep warning | |
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> Some percpu counters are supposed to be used from interrupt context.
> These are created with percpu_counter_init_irq. Others are not and
> should be created with percpu_counter_init. It seems like someone's
> made a mess of that rule. This is likely to be a driver, IMO. Perhaps
> you could work on tracking this down?
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Sorry for the noise. It was patch I had applied on my tree, not yet in mainline.
The explanation though did help me find and fix the problem.
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Warm Regards,
Balbir Singh
Linux Technology Center
IBM, ISTL
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