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SubjectRe: [patch] netpoll: fix netpoll lockups


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.

Linus
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