On an SMP system, the following message is printed. The patch below gets
fixes the problem.
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[ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
2.6.29-Linus-05093-gc31f403 #57
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inconsistent {hardirq-on-W} -> {in-hardirq-W} usage.
bash/4105 [HC1[1]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes:
(&kaweth->device_lock){+...}, at: [<
ffffffffa01aa286>]
kaweth_usb_receive+0x77/0x1af [kaw eth]
{hardirq-on-W} state was registered at:
[<
ffffffff80260503>] __lock_acquire+0x753/0x1685
[<
ffffffff8026148a>] lock_acquire+0x55/0x71
[<
ffffffff80461ba6>] _spin_lock+0x31/0x3d
[<
ffffffffa01aaa0c>] kaweth_start_xmit+0x2b/0x1e1 [kaweth]
[<
ffffffff803eccd3>] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x22e/0x2ad
[<
ffffffff803fe120>] __qdisc_run+0xf2/0x203
[<
ffffffff803ed0cd>] dev_queue_xmit+0x263/0x39b
[<
ffffffffa03a47cb>] packet_sendmsg_spkt+0x1c4/0x20a [af_packet]
[<
ffffffff803de0c2>] sock_sendmsg+0xe4/0xfd
[<
ffffffff803dec8f>] sys_sendto+0xe4/0x10c
[<
ffffffff8020bccb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<
ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
irq event stamp: 1280
hardirqs last enabled at (1279): [<
ffffffff80461a71>]
_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x44/0x4c
hardirqs last disabled at (1280): [<
ffffffff8020bad7>]
save_args+0x67/0x70
softirqs last enabled at (660): [<
ffffffff8024192c>]
__do_softirq+0x14d/0x15d
softirqs last disabled at (651): [<
ffffffff8020ce9c>]
call_softirq+0x1c/0x28
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* Run test procedures
* Fix bugs from previous two steps
* Snoop other OSs for any tricks we're not doing
- * SMP locking
* Reduce arbitrary timeouts
* Smart multicast support
* Temporary MAC change support
int res;
- spin_lock(&kaweth->device_lock);
+ spin_lock_irq(&kaweth->device_lock);
kaweth_async_set_rx_mode(kaweth);
netif_stop_queue(net);
if (!copied_skb) {
kaweth->stats.tx_errors++;
netif_start_queue(net);
- spin_unlock(&kaweth->device_lock);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&kaweth->device_lock);
return 0;
}
}
net->trans_start = jiffies;
}
- spin_unlock(&kaweth->device_lock);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&kaweth->device_lock);
return 0;
}