Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:35:37 +0200 | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: Linux 2.6.0-test5 |
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Jeff Garzik writes: > Note that people seeing "ifconfig down ... ifconfig up" problems need to > apply this patch. (to 2.4.23-pre, too) > > Jeff > > > diff -Nru a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c > --- a/net/core/dev.c Mon Sep 8 18:14:36 2003 > +++ b/net/core/dev.c Mon Sep 8 18:14:36 2003 > @@ -851,7 +851,11 @@ > * engine, but this requires more changes in devices. */ > > smp_mb__after_clear_bit(); /* Commit netif_running(). */ > - netif_poll_disable(dev); > + while (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED, &dev->state)) { > + /* No hurry. */ > + current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE; > + schedule_timeout(1); > + }
I independently discovered this bug in 2.4.23-pre3 last night, where it caused my laptop to randomly lock up at suspends or resumes. That may have been APM doing ifconfigs behind my back, I don't know, all I got was a black screen :-( - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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