[PATCH] net, 8139too.c: fix netpoll deadlock
fix deadlock in the 8139too driver: poll handlers should never forcibly enable local interrupts, because they might be used by netpoll/printk from IRQ context. ================================= [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ] 2.6.19 #11 --------------------------------- inconsistent {softirq-on-W} -> {in-softirq-W} usage. swapper/1 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes: (&npinfo->poll_lock){-+..}, at: [<c0350a41>] net_rx_action+0x64/0x1de {softirq-on-W} state was registered at: [<c0134c86>] mark_lock+0x5b/0x39c [<c0135012>] mark_held_locks+0x4b/0x68 [<c01351e9>] trace_hardirqs_on+0x115/0x139 [<c02879e6>] rtl8139_poll+0x3d7/0x3f4 [<c035c85d>] netpoll_poll+0x82/0x32f [<c035c775>] netpoll_send_skb+0xc9/0x12f [<c035cdcc>] netpoll_send_udp+0x253/0x25b [<c0288463>] write_msg+0x40/0x65 [<c011cead>] __call_console_drivers+0x45/0x51 [<c011cf16>] _call_console_drivers+0x5d/0x61 [<c011d4fb>] release_console_sem+0x11f/0x1d8 [<c011d7d7>] register_console+0x1ac/0x1b3 [<c02883f8>] init_netconsole+0x55/0x67 [<c010040c>] init+0x9a/0x24e [<c01049cf>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff irq event stamp: 819992 hardirqs last enabled at (819992): [<c0350a16>] net_rx_action+0x39/0x1de hardirqs last disabled at (819991): [<c0350b1e>] net_rx_action+0x141/0x1de softirqs last enabled at (817552): [<c01214e4>] __do_softirq+0xa3/0xa8 softirqs last disabled at (819987): [<c0106051>] do_softirq+0x5b/0xc9 other info that might help us debug this: no locks held by swapper/1. stack backtrace: [<c0104d88>] dump_trace+0x63/0x1e8 [<c0104f26>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x19/0x2e [<c010532d>] show_trace+0x12/0x14 [<c0105343>] dump_stack+0x14/0x16 [<c0134980>] print_usage_bug+0x23c/0x246 [<c0134d33>] mark_lock+0x108/0x39c [<c01356a7>] __lock_acquire+0x361/0x9ed [<c0136018>] lock_acquire+0x56/0x72 [<c03aff1f>] _spin_lock+0x35/0x42 [<c0350a41>] net_rx_action+0x64/0x1de [<c0121493>] __do_softirq+0x52/0xa8 [<c0106051>] do_softirq+0x5b/0xc9 [<c0121338>] irq_exit+0x3c/0x48 [<c0106163>] do_IRQ+0xa4/0xbd [<c01047c6>] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34 [<c011db92>] vprintk+0x2c0/0x309 [<c011dbf6>] printk+0x1b/0x1d [<c01003f2>] init+0x80/0x24e [<c01049cf>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 ======================= Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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