Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:51:37 -0800 | From | "Jeff Kirsher" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] e1000e: fix double release of mutex |
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:31 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote: > From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:58:07 -0800 > >> During a reset, releasing the swflag after it failed to be acquired would >> cause a double unlock of the mutex. Instead, test whether acquisition of >> the swflag was successful and if not, do not release the swflag. The reset >> must still be done to bring the device to a quiescent state. >> >> This resolves [BUG 12200] BUG: bad unlock balance detected! e1000e >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12200 >> >> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> > > If we're fixing a regression like this, you should make the > patch against net-2.6, and this one is against net-next-2.6 > > Please respin this for me, thanks Jeff. > -- >
Doh! Sorry Dave. My bad, respinning now.
-- Cheers, Jeff
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