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SubjectRe: [PATCH] rtc: lockdep fix
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> wrote:
>
>> BUG: warning at kernel/lockdep.c:1816/trace_hardirqs_on() (Not tainted)
>> [<c04051ee>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x58/0x171
>> [<c0405802>] show_trace+0xd/0x10
>> [<c040591b>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
>> [<c043abee>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xa2/0x11e
>> [<c06143c3>] _spin_unlock_irq+0x22/0x26
>> [<c0541540>] rtc_get_rtc_time+0x32/0x176
>> [<c0419ba4>] hpet_rtc_interrupt+0x92/0x14d
>> [<c0450f94>] handle_IRQ_event+0x20/0x4d
>> [<c0451055>] __do_IRQ+0x94/0xef
>> [<c040678d>] do_IRQ+0x9e/0xbd
>> [<c0404a49>] common_interrupt+0x25/0x2c
>
> ouch! That is a scenario that could lead to real lockups. Fix looks good
> and necessary for v2.6.18 to me.
>

btw this entire code path is evil; the rtc_get_rtc_time() function can do really long delays
which is unsuitable for being called in interrupt context!
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