In 2.6.18-rc7, the section that prepares for preemptible periodic work has two bugs. The first is due to an improper locking sequence that leads to frozen systems. The second causes netdev watchdog timeouts. Both are fixed.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- John, This patch has been taken against 2.6.18-rc7. It changes more lines than would be absolutely necessary to affect the fix; however, it ends up with this section looking exactly like the current code (with pending patches) that is in wireless-2.6. That way, it should not mess up any git trees. Larry Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c @@ -3182,39 +3182,37 @@ static void bcm43xx_periodic_work_handle /* Periodic work will take a long time, so we want it to * be preemtible. */ - bcm43xx_lock_irqonly(bcm, flags); - netif_stop_queue(bcm->net_dev); + mutex_lock(&bcm->mutex); + netif_tx_disable(bcm->net_dev); + spin_lock_irqsave(&bcm->irq_lock, flags); + bcm43xx_mac_suspend(bcm); if (bcm43xx_using_pio(bcm)) bcm43xx_pio_freeze_txqueues(bcm); savedirqs = bcm43xx_interrupt_disable(bcm, BCM43xx_IRQ_ALL); - bcm43xx_unlock_irqonly(bcm, flags); - bcm43xx_lock_noirq(bcm); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bcm->irq_lock, flags); bcm43xx_synchronize_irq(bcm); } else { /* Periodic work should take short time, so we want low * locking overhead. */ - bcm43xx_lock_irqsafe(bcm, flags); + mutex_lock(&bcm->mutex); + spin_lock_irqsave(&bcm->irq_lock, flags); } do_periodic_work(bcm); if (badness > BADNESS_LIMIT) { - bcm43xx_lock_irqonly(bcm, flags); - if (likely(bcm43xx_status(bcm) == BCM43xx_STAT_INITIALIZED)) { - tasklet_enable(&bcm->isr_tasklet); - bcm43xx_interrupt_enable(bcm, savedirqs); - if (bcm43xx_using_pio(bcm)) - bcm43xx_pio_thaw_txqueues(bcm); - } + spin_lock_irqsave(&bcm->irq_lock, flags); + tasklet_enable(&bcm->isr_tasklet); + bcm43xx_interrupt_enable(bcm, savedirqs); + if (bcm43xx_using_pio(bcm)) + bcm43xx_pio_thaw_txqueues(bcm); + bcm43xx_mac_enable(bcm); netif_wake_queue(bcm->net_dev); - mmiowb(); - bcm43xx_unlock_irqonly(bcm, flags); - bcm43xx_unlock_noirq(bcm); - } else { - mmiowb(); - bcm43xx_unlock_irqsafe(bcm, flags); } + mmiowb(); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bcm->irq_lock, flags); + mutex_unlock(&bcm->mutex); } static void bcm43xx_periodic_tasks_delete(struct bcm43xx_private *bcm) - 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