From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:58:59 -0800
> David S. Miller wrote: > > > From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:10:10 -0800 > > > > > Skip the main timer code if interrupts are disabled in the full lock > > > state. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Could this wedge the driver while we're trying to quiesce the > > interrupt? If so, probably a 2.6.16.x stable candidate? > > > > I don't think it will. The timer gets the the tp->lock before doing > anything so the worse that can happen is that it will spin for a long > time waiting for the tp->lock. This can happen if one CPU has entered > tg3_full_lock() and then do something lengthy such as self test while > another CPU is entering tg3_timer() for example. Ok. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
