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* Re: [patch 20/21] forcedeth: fix locking bug with netconsole
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@ 2008-03-28 23:46       ` Ingo Molnar
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From: Ingo Molnar @ 2008-03-28 23:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Jeff Garzik, David Miller, netdev, aabdulla, linux-kernel


* Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > > Please do not mix device driver changes with core networking 
> > > changes.
> > 
> > FWIW my plan was to snip the net/* stuff and only apply the 
> > forcedeth portion.
> > 
> > (leaving <whomever> to pick up the pieces, should they so desire)
> > 
> 
> Just drop 'em completely I'd say.

you mean the netpoll.c bits? sure.

> otoh, drivers do seem a bit flakey in the netpoll-support area, so a 
> bit of extra debug wouldn't hurt.  But checking irqs_disabled() either 
> side of a udelay() was a bit paranoid ;)

yeah. i completely forgot about those bits. But lets make sure the 
forcedeth.c fix gets into .25 - it's obvious and it fixes a nasty bug. 
Without that fix netconsole is unusable on forcedeth.

	Ingo

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