From: Chris Leech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 17:20:15 -0700
> +static void net_dma_rebalance(void) > +{ > + unsigned int cpu, i, n; > + struct dma_chan *chan; > + > + lock_cpu_hotplug(); You can't call lock_cpu_hotplug(), because that sleeps and takes semaphores and we currently hold a spinlock taken here: > +static void netdev_dma_event(struct dma_client *client, struct dma_chan > *chan, > + enum dma_event event) > +{ > + spin_lock(&net_dma_event_lock); > + switch (event) { > + case DMA_RESOURCE_ADDED: > + net_dma_count++; > + net_dma_rebalance(); > + break; You'll need to run this DMA rebalancing asynchronously in process context via keventd or similar to deal with this locking bug. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html