On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:00:47PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Andy Gospodarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:06:00 -0500 > > > I've got a kernel built where > > > > CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP=y > > > > is in the config and I've noticed some interesting behavior when > > bringing up bonds in balance-alb mode. When I start to enslave devices > > to a bond I get the following in the ring buffer: > > > > BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.c:3007 > > in_atomic():1, irqs_disabled():0 > > As Herbert mentioned, the bonding layer calls into the networking > in atomic contexts when that is illegal. > -
Thanks for the feedback. If it seems the bonding driver is one of the only culprits, I'll investigate a solution that is specific to bonding (maybe a workqueue for such calls...) rather that one that effects the entire stack. - 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
