Folks, The t1_interrupt() irq handler calls del_timer_sync() down the chain:
sge.c: t1_interrupt() -> subr.c: t1_slow_intr_handler() -> asic_slow_intr() || fpga_slow_intr() -> t1_pci_intr_handler() -> cxgb2.c: t1_fatal_err() # Cont. at [*] -> fpga_slow_intr() -> sge.c: t1_sge_intr_error_handler() -> cxgb2.c: t1_fatal_err() # Cont. at [*] [*] cxgb2.c: t1_fatal_err() -> sge.c: t1_sge_stop() -> timer.c: del_timer_sync() This is invalid: if an irq handler calls del_timer_sync() on a timer it has already interrupted, it will just loop forever. That's why del_timer_sync() also has a WARN_ON(in_irq()). Included is an RFC patch series that runs the interrupt handler slow path, t1_slow_intr_handler(), in a threaded-irq context. This also leads to nice code savings across the driver, as some workqueues and spinlocks are no longer needed. Note: Only compile-tested. I do not have the hardware in question. Thanks, 8<-------------- Ahmed S. Darwish (3): chelsio: cxgb: Remove ndo_poll_controller() chelsio: cxgb: Move slow interrupt handling to threaded irqs chelsio: cxgb: Do not schedule a workqueue for external interrupts drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/common.h | 2 - drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/cxgb2.c | 58 ++-------------------- drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/sge.c | 25 +++++++--- drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/sge.h | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/subr.c | 2 +- 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-) base-commit: 2c85ebc57b3e1817b6ce1a6b703928e113a90442 -- 2.29.2