When I ran "modprobe -r ipw2200" I got: ================================= [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ] 2.6.23-rc1-mm2 #21 --------------------------------- inconsistent {in-hardirq-W} -> {hardirq-on-W} usage. modprobe/6888 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes: (&priv->irq_lock){++..}, at: [<f8ce9b1c>] ipw_isr+0x1c/0xa9 [ipw2200] {in-hardirq-W} state was registered at: [<c0144837>] __lock_acquire+0x430/0xbca [<c0145047>] lock_acquire+0x76/0x9d [<c031ffe0>] _spin_lock+0x23/0x32 [<f8ce9b1c>] ipw_isr+0x1c/0xa9 [ipw2200] [<c0154b44>] handle_IRQ_event+0x1a/0x4f [<c0155c6c>] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x7d/0xb6 [<c0109a5a>] do_IRQ+0xaf/0xd9 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff irq event stamp: 136973 hardirqs last enabled at (136973): [<c0173232>] kfree+0xc7/0xdb hardirqs last disabled at (136972): [<c01731d2>] kfree+0x67/0xdb softirqs last enabled at (136286): [<c012d8a1>] __do_softirq+0xf5/0xfb softirqs last disabled at (136277): [<c0109932>] do_softirq+0x74/0xed
other info that might help us debug this: no locks held by modprobe/6888. stack backtrace: [<c01080ab>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x12/0x25 [<c0108a9e>] show_trace+0xd/0x10 [<c0108bac>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18 [<c0143374>] print_usage_bug+0x107/0x114 [<c0143bdd>] mark_lock+0x1e9/0x400 [<c01448ab>] __lock_acquire+0x4a4/0xbca [<c0145047>] lock_acquire+0x76/0x9d [<c031ffe0>] _spin_lock+0x23/0x32 [<f8ce9b1c>] ipw_isr+0x1c/0xa9 [ipw2200] [<c015506f>] free_irq+0xc9/0xf2 [<f8cea09c>] ipw_pci_remove+0x189/0x1c9 [ipw2200] [<c0206dec>] pci_device_remove+0x19/0x39 [<c026a23a>] __device_release_driver+0x74/0x90 [<c026a6b6>] driver_detach+0xa2/0xe0 [<c0269dc5>] bus_remove_driver+0x5d/0x79 [<c026a71b>] driver_unregister+0x8/0xa [<c0206f56>] pci_unregister_driver+0x13/0x55 [<f8cead75>] ipw_exit+0x1c/0x1e [ipw2200] [<c014c85f>] sys_delete_module+0x1c6/0x237 [<c0106f02>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xb5 ======================= - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/