Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jul 1999 17:00:15 +0200 (MEST) | From | Johannes Hirche <> | Subject | Re: Oops in 2.2.10-ac10 [PATCH] |
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On 14 Jul 1999, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> Date: 14 Jul 1999 15:06:13 -0400 > From: Patrick J. LoPresti <patl@cag.lcs.mit.edu> > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: Oops in 2.2.10-ac10 [PATCH] > > The following patch attempts to avoid the race condition identified in > my last message. I have applied it to my kernel and it appears to fix > the problem; I never saw a successful shutdown before applying this > patch (four consecutive failures), and I have performed four > successful shutdowns since. > > I am not terribly happy with this fix, since (in principle) it allows > another very busy device on the same IRQ to block the free_irq() call > indefinitely. This could be fixed by using a per-device "busy" flag > instead of per-interrupt, but I will leave such wizardry to the > wizards. >
I had the same problem with 2.2.10-ac8/10. The same oops when removed eth0 with ifconfig. Rather annoying. The patch fixed it for me least. Not a single crash in 5+ reboots...
Greetings Johannes
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