Re: [PATCH 2.6.20.4] Flush MSI-X table writes (rev 3)

2007-03-30 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:33:45PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Sorry, but this isn't going to go into 2.6.20 any time soon as it > > doesn't fit the rules for the -stable tree. > > > > But I'll take an updated version for my pci tree to go to Linus

Re: [PATCH 2.6.20.4] Flush MSI-X table writes (rev 3)

2007-03-30 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sorry, but this isn't going to go into 2.6.20 any time soon as it > doesn't fit the rules for the -stable tree. > > But I'll take an updated version for my pci tree to go to Linus after > 2.6.21 is out. Greg this does fix a bug that affects 2.6.21. We have

Re: [PATCH 2.6.20.4] Flush MSI-X table writes (rev 3)

2007-03-30 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:09:51PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > But I'll take an updated version for my pci tree to go to Linus after > 2.6.21 is out. Oh nevermind, you already sent me that one... thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body o

Re: [PATCH 2.6.20.4] Flush MSI-X table writes (rev 3)

2007-03-30 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:03:47PM -0700, Mitch Williams wrote: > This patch fixes a kernel bug which is triggered when using the > irqbalance daemon with MSI-X hardware. > > Because both MSI-X interrupt messages and MSI-X table writes are posted, > it's possible for them to cross while in-flight.

[PATCH 2.6.20.4] Flush MSI-X table writes (rev 3)

2007-03-30 Thread Mitch Williams
This patch fixes a kernel bug which is triggered when using the irqbalance daemon with MSI-X hardware. Because both MSI-X interrupt messages and MSI-X table writes are posted, it's possible for them to cross while in-flight. This results in interrupts being received long after the kernel thinks t