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* [PATCH 2.6.24-rt1] SMC91x: Use special_lock when CONFIG_PREEMPT_[HARD|SOFT]IRQS
@ 2008-02-14  1:35 Kevin Hilman
  2008-02-14 14:03 ` Nicolas Pitre
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Hilman @ 2008-02-14  1:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-rt-users; +Cc: linux-kernel, Kevin Hilman

The smc_special_locks should also be used when either softIRQs or hard
IRQs are preempted which may lead to the same problems as under SMP.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@mvista.com>

---
 drivers/net/smc91x.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
index f198c49..be62616 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc91x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
@@ -530,7 +530,8 @@ static inline void  smc_rcv(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) ||						\
+    defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_SOFTIRQS) || defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_HARDIRQS)
 /*
  * On SMP we have the following problem:
  *
-- 
1.5.4


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* Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rt1] SMC91x: Use special_lock when CONFIG_PREEMPT_[HARD|SOFT]IRQS
  2008-02-14  1:35 [PATCH 2.6.24-rt1] SMC91x: Use special_lock when CONFIG_PREEMPT_[HARD|SOFT]IRQS Kevin Hilman
@ 2008-02-14 14:03 ` Nicolas Pitre
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Pitre @ 2008-02-14 14:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kevin Hilman; +Cc: linux-rt-users, linux-kernel

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Kevin Hilman wrote:

> The smc_special_locks should also be used when either softIRQs or hard
> IRQs are preempted which may lead to the same problems as under SMP.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@mvista.com>

Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>

> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/smc91x.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
> index f198c49..be62616 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/smc91x.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
> @@ -530,7 +530,8 @@ static inline void  smc_rcv(struct net_device *dev)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) ||						\
> +    defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_SOFTIRQS) || defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_HARDIRQS)
>  /*
>   * On SMP we have the following problem:
>   *
> -- 
> 1.5.4
> 
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