Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:54882 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755022Ab0JDSHz (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2010 14:07:55 -0400 Message-ID: <4CAA17FA.3080403@candelatech.com> Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:07:54 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christian Lamparter CC: Ming Lei , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: lockdep warning in ieee80211 rx path References: <201009142251.53021.chunkeey@googlemail.com> <4CAA144C.7040906@candelatech.com> <201010042000.44518.chunkeey@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <201010042000.44518.chunkeey@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/04/2010 11:00 AM, Christian Lamparter wrote: > On Monday 04 October 2010 19:52:12 Ben Greear wrote: >> On 09/14/2010 01:51 PM, Christian Lamparter wrote: >>> On Sunday 05 September 2010 11:32:26 Ming Lei wrote: >>>> Seems the warning does not affect use of wireless, false positive? >>> >>> No, it's a bug... but please read& test the attached patch. >> >> This is not yet in wireless-testing. Should it be? > have you heard anything from Ming Lei about this subject? > Or have you reproduced the bug too? See my post about inconsistent {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} -> {SOFTIRQ-ON-W}. I'm not sure it's the same bug, but it would appear similar at least. If your patch is probably good, I can go ahead and apply it. We can at least test that it doesn't obviously make things worse. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com