Re: [PATCH net 3/7] net/mlx5e: Fix soft lockup when HW Timestamping is enabled

2016-02-25 Thread David Miller
From: Saeed Mahameed Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:18:49 +0200 > From: Eran Ben Elisha > > Readers/Writers lock for SW timecounter was acquired without disabling > interrupts on local CPU. > > The problematic scenario: > * HW timestamping is enabled > * Timestamp overflow periodic service task is

[PATCH net 3/7] net/mlx5e: Fix soft lockup when HW Timestamping is enabled

2016-02-24 Thread Saeed Mahameed
From: Eran Ben Elisha Readers/Writers lock for SW timecounter was acquired without disabling interrupts on local CPU. The problematic scenario: * HW timestamping is enabled * Timestamp overflow periodic service task is running on local CPU and holding write_lock for SW timecounter * Completion