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Re: [PATCH] Tulip interrupt uses non IRQ safe spinlock

To: markb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mark Broadbent)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Tulip interrupt uses non IRQ safe spinlock
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:26:41 +1000
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Mark Broadbent <markb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The interrupt handling code in the tulip network driver appears to use a non 
> IRQ safe spinlock in an interrupt context.  The following patch should 
> correct 
> this.

This is bogus.  Interrupts are already disabled when you're in the
interrupt handler.

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