From 3640543df26fd38f31f0c6decc35c07be2a6307c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:20:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] netpoll: fix netpoll lockup current -git doesnt boot on my laptop due to netpoll not unlocking the tx lock in the else branch. booted this up on my laptop with lockdep enabled and there are no locking complaints and it works fine. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- net/core/netpoll.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c index a01abdd2d3ea..823215d8e90f 100644 --- a/net/core/netpoll.c +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static void queue_process(struct work_struct *work) struct netpoll_info *npinfo = container_of(work, struct netpoll_info, tx_work.work); struct sk_buff *skb; + unsigned long flags; while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&npinfo->txq))) { struct net_device *dev = skb->dev; @@ -64,15 +65,19 @@ static void queue_process(struct work_struct *work) continue; } - netif_tx_lock_bh(dev); + local_irq_save(flags); + netif_tx_lock(dev); if (netif_queue_stopped(dev) || dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, dev) != NETDEV_TX_OK) { skb_queue_head(&npinfo->txq, skb); - netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev); + netif_tx_unlock(dev); + local_irq_restore(flags); schedule_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work, HZ/10); return; } + netif_tx_unlock(dev); + local_irq_restore(flags); } }