Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 May 2006 17:41:39 -0400 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [patch, -rc5-mm1] locking validator: special rule: 8390.c disable_irq() |
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On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 10:31:40PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > 8390.c knows that ei_local->page_lock can only be used by an irq > > context that it disabled - > > btw I think this is no longer correct with the irq polling stuff Alan > added to the kernel recently...
We could make the misrouted IRQ logic skip all handlers on a disabled IRQ but that might actually be worse than the disease we are trying to cure by doing so.
Alan
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