Application code deadlock observed.

Hello We have board running Linux kernel 2.6.36.4 on a Freescale/NXP PPC P4080 (QorIQ) CPU. Our 32 bit application uses real-time priority threads with the Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop) scheduling. Toolchain we use is powerpc-linux-gcc (crosstool-NG 1.19.0) 4.4.3 in combination with egl

Re: softirqs are invoked while bottom halves are masked (was: Re: [PATCH] [PATCH] Fix deadlock in af_packet while stressing raw ethernet socket interface)

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote: > Le mardi 12 juillet 2011 à 14:03 +0200, Ronny Meeus a écrit : > >> Sorry for not mentioning we were using a patched kernel. >> I was not aware that the code involved was patched by the FreeScale >> patches we applie

Re: softirqs are invoked while bottom halves are masked (was: Re: [PATCH] [PATCH] Fix deadlock in af_packet while stressing raw ethernet socket interface)

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote: > Le mardi 12 juillet 2011 à 11:23 +0200, Thomas De Schampheleire a > écrit : >> Hi, >> >> I'm adding the linuxppc-dev mailing list since this may be pointing to >> an irq/softirq problem in the powerpc architecture-specific code... > >> >> Not