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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:36:30 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Erhard Furtner <erhard_f@mailbox.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
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Subject: Re: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at net/core/netpoll.c:370
 netpoll_send_skb+0x1fc/0x20c at boot when netconsole is enabled (kernel
 v6.9-rc5, v6.8.7, sungem, PowerMac G4 DP)
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On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:53:06 +0200 Erhard Furtner wrote:
> With netconsole enabled I get this "WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at
> net/core/netpoll.c:370 netpoll_send_skb+0x1fc/0x20c" and "WARNING:
> CPU: 1 PID: 1 at kernel/locking/irqflag-debug.c:10
> warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x30/0x44" at boot on my PowerMac G4 DP.
> Happens more often than not (6-7 out of 10 times booting):

Could you try with LOCKDEP enabled?
I wonder if irqs_disabled() behaves differently than we expect.