forcedeth: fix locking bug with netconsole

While using netconsole on forcedeth, lockdep noticed the following locking
bug:

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[ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
2.6.24-rc6 #6
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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inconsistent {softirq-on-W} -> {in-softirq-W} usage.
udevd/719 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes:
 (_xmit_ETHER){-+..}, at: [<c043062e>] dev_watchdog+0x1c/0xb9
{softirq-on-W} state was registered at:
  [<c0147f67>] mark_held_locks+0x4e/0x66
  [<c014810e>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xfe/0x136
  [<c048ae63>] _spin_unlock_irq+0x22/0x42
  [<c02ec617>] nv_start_xmit_optimized+0x347/0x37a
  [<c042c80d>] netpoll_send_skb+0xa4/0x147
  [<c042d4a6>] netpoll_send_udp+0x238/0x242
  [<c02f44f6>] write_msg+0x6d/0x9b
  [<c012c129>] __call_console_drivers+0x4e/0x5a
  [<c012c18c>] _call_console_drivers+0x57/0x5b
  [<c012c2dd>] release_console_sem+0x11c/0x1b9
  [<c012caeb>] register_console+0x1eb/0x1f3
  [<c06ae673>] init_netconsole+0x119/0x15f
  [<c069149b>] kernel_init+0x147/0x294
  [<c01058cb>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
  [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
irq event stamp: 950
hardirqs last  enabled at (950): [<c048ae63>] _spin_unlock_irq+0x22/0x42
hardirqs last disabled at (949): [<c048aaf7>] _spin_lock_irq+0xc/0x38
softirqs last  enabled at (0): [<c012a29c>] copy_process+0x375/0x126d
softirqs last disabled at (947): [<c0106d43>] do_softirq+0x61/0xc6

other info that might help us debug this:
no locks held by udevd/719.

stack backtrace:
Pid: 719, comm: udevd Not tainted 2.6.24-rc6 #6
 [<c0105c46>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x12/0x25
 [<c01063ec>] show_trace+0xd/0x10
 [<c010670c>] dump_stack+0x57/0x5f
 [<c0147505>] print_usage_bug+0x10a/0x117
 [<c0147c38>] mark_lock+0x121/0x402
 [<c01488b6>] __lock_acquire+0x3d1/0xb64
 [<c0149405>] lock_acquire+0x4e/0x6a
 [<c048a99b>] _spin_lock+0x23/0x32
 [<c043062e>] dev_watchdog+0x1c/0xb9
 [<c0133e4a>] run_timer_softirq+0x133/0x193
 [<c0130907>] __do_softirq+0x78/0xed
 [<c0106d43>] do_softirq+0x61/0xc6
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eth1: link down

The fix is to disable/restore irqs instead of disable/enable.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>

diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index 6f7e3fd..980c2c2 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -1854,6 +1854,7 @@ static int nv_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
        struct ring_desc* start_tx;
        struct ring_desc* prev_tx;
        struct nv_skb_map* prev_tx_ctx;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        /* add fragments to entries count */
        for (i = 0; i < fragments; i++) {
@@ -1863,10 +1864,10 @@ static int nv_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
        empty_slots = nv_get_empty_tx_slots(np);
        if (unlikely(empty_slots <= entries)) {
-               spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                netif_stop_queue(dev);
                np->tx_stop = 1;
-               spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
        }
 
@@ -1929,13 +1930,13 @@ static int nv_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                tx_flags_extra = skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL ?
                         NV_TX2_CHECKSUM_L3 | NV_TX2_CHECKSUM_L4 : 0;
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
 
        /* set tx flags */
        start_tx->flaglen |= cpu_to_le32(tx_flags | tx_flags_extra);
        np->put_tx.orig = put_tx;
 
-       spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
        dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_start_xmit: entries %d queued for transmission. tx_flags_extra: %x\n",
                dev->name, entries, tx_flags_extra);
@@ -1971,6 +1972,7 @@ static int nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
        struct ring_desc_ex* prev_tx;
        struct nv_skb_map* prev_tx_ctx;
        struct nv_skb_map* start_tx_ctx;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        /* add fragments to entries count */
        for (i = 0; i < fragments; i++) {
@@ -1980,10 +1982,10 @@ static int nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
        empty_slots = nv_get_empty_tx_slots(np);
        if (unlikely(empty_slots <= entries)) {
-               spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                netif_stop_queue(dev);
                np->tx_stop = 1;
-               spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
        }
 
@@ -2059,7 +2061,7 @@ static int nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                        start_tx->txvlan = 0;
        }
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
 
        if (np->tx_limit) {
                /* Limit the number of outstanding tx. Setup all fragments, but
@@ -2085,7 +2087,7 @@ static int nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
        start_tx->flaglen |= cpu_to_le32(tx_flags | tx_flags_extra);
        np->put_tx.ex = put_tx;
 
-       spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
        dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_start_xmit_optimized: entries %d queued for transmission. tx_flags_extra: %x\n",
                dev->name, entries, tx_flags_extra);