alistair23-linux/kernel
Thomas Gleixner 0fc4969b86 genirq: temporary fix for level-triggered IRQ resend
Marcin Slusarz reported a ne2k-pci "hung network interface" regression.

delayed disable relies on the ability to re-trigger the interrupt in the
case that a real interrupt happens after the software disable was set.
In this case we actually disable the interrupt on the hardware level
_after_ it occurred.

On enable_irq, we need to re-trigger the interrupt. On i386 this relies
on a hardware resend mechanism (send_IPI_self()).

Actually we only need the resend for edge type interrupts. Level type
interrupts come back once enable_irq() re-enables the interrupt line.

I assume that the interrupt in question is level triggered because it is
shared and above the legacy irqs 0-15:

	17:         12   IO-APIC-fasteoi   eth1, eth0

Looking into the IO_APIC code, the resend via send_IPI_self() happens
unconditionally. So the resend is done for level and edge interrupts.
This makes the problem more mysterious.

The code in question lib8390.c does

	disable_irq();
	fiddle_with_the_network_card_hardware()
	enable_irq();

The fiddle_with_the_network_card_hardware() might cause interrupts,
which are cleared in the same code path again,

Marcin found that when he disables the irq line on the hardware level
(removing the delayed disable) the card is kept alive.

So the difference is that we can get a resend on enable_irq, when an
interrupt happens during the time, where we are in the disabled region.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-08-01 20:46:22 -07:00
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irq genirq: temporary fix for level-triggered IRQ resend 2007-08-01 20:46:22 -07:00
power Introduce CONFIG_SUSPEND for suspend-to-Ram and standby 2007-07-29 16:45:38 -07:00
time Fix leaks on /proc/{*/sched,sched_debug,timer_list,timer_stats} 2007-07-31 15:39:40 -07:00
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acct.c Cleanup non-arch xtime uses, use get_seconds() or current_kernel_time(). 2007-07-25 10:09:20 -07:00
audit.c Freezer: make kernel threads nonfreezable by default 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
audit.h Audit: add TTY input auditing 2007-07-16 09:05:47 -07:00
auditfilter.c [PATCH] allow audit filtering on bit & operations 2007-07-22 09:57:02 -04:00
auditsc.c audit: fix two bugs in the new execve audit code 2007-07-28 19:42:22 -07:00
capability.c [PATCH] pid: replace do/while_each_task_pid with do/while_each_pid_task 2007-02-12 09:48:32 -08:00
compat.c signal/timer/event: timerfd compat code 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
configs.c use simple_read_from_buffer in kernel/ 2007-05-09 12:30:49 -07:00
cpu.c HOTPLUG: Add CPU_DYING notifier 2007-07-16 12:05:49 +03:00
cpuset.c usermodehelper: Tidy up waiting 2007-07-18 08:47:40 -07:00
delayacct.c sched: update delay-accounting to use CFS's precise stats 2007-07-09 18:52:00 +02:00
die_notifier.c move die notifier handling to common code 2007-05-08 11:15:04 -07:00
dma.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
exit.c Freezer: avoid freezing kernel threads prematurely 2007-07-19 10:04:42 -07:00
extable.c [PATCH] symbol_put_addr() locks kernel 2006-05-15 11:20:55 -07:00
fork.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
futex.c futex: pass nr_wake2 to futex_wake_op 2007-07-31 15:39:40 -07:00
futex_compat.c Revert "futex_requeue_pi optimization" 2007-06-18 09:48:41 -07:00
hrtimer.c Cache xtime every call to update_wall_time 2007-07-25 10:17:44 -07:00
itimer.c The scheduled -EINVAL for invalid timevals in setitimer 2007-05-08 11:15:13 -07:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0' 2007-07-17 10:23:03 -07:00
Kconfig.hz [PATCH] HZ: 300Hz support 2006-12-07 08:39:36 -08:00
Kconfig.preempt [PATCH] sched: arch preempt notifier mechanism 2007-07-26 13:40:43 +02:00
kexec.c kdump/kexec: calculate note size at compile time 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
kfifo.c is_power_of_2: kernel/kfifo.c 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
kmod.c kernel-doc fix for kmod.c 2007-07-26 11:33:06 -07:00
kprobes.c jprobes: make jprobes a little safer for users 2007-07-19 10:04:44 -07:00
ksysfs.c FRV: Fix linkage problems 2007-07-20 12:01:34 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: silence bogus section mismatch warning 2007-07-31 15:39:42 -07:00
latency.c [PATCH] severing module.h->sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:22 -05:00
lockdep.c lockdep debugging: give stacktrace for init_error 2007-07-19 10:04:49 -07:00
lockdep_internals.h [PATCH] lockdep: more chains 2006-12-07 08:39:43 -08:00
lockdep_proc.c Fix leak on /proc/lockdep_stats 2007-07-31 15:39:40 -07:00
Makefile user namespace: add the framework 2007-07-16 09:05:47 -07:00
module.c kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0' 2007-07-17 10:23:03 -07:00
mutex-debug.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
mutex-debug.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
mutex.c lockstat: measure lock bouncing 2007-07-19 10:04:49 -07:00
mutex.h [PATCH] lockdep: prove mutex locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
nsproxy.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
panic.c Report that kernel is tainted if there was an OOPS 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
params.c modules: better error messages when modules fail to load due to a sysfs problem. 2007-07-30 14:25:23 -07:00
pid.c namespace: ensure clone_flags are always stored in an unsigned long 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c sched: make posix-cpu-timers use CFS's accounting information 2007-07-09 18:51:58 +02:00
posix-timers.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
printk.c kernel/printk.c: document possible deadlock against scheduler 2007-07-16 09:05:52 -07:00
profile.c Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
ptrace.c coredump masking: reimplementation of dumpable using two flags 2007-07-19 10:04:46 -07:00
rcupdate.c Add suspend-related notifications for CPU hotplug 2007-05-09 12:30:56 -07:00
rcutorture.c Freezer: make kernel threads nonfreezable by default 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
relay.c Fix a use after free bug in kernel->userspace relay file support 2007-07-31 15:39:42 -07:00
resource.c libata/IDE: remove combined mode quirk 2007-04-28 14:15:59 -04:00
rtmutex-debug.c FUTEX: Tidy up the code 2007-07-16 09:05:49 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
rtmutex-tester.c Freezer: make kernel threads nonfreezable by default 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
rtmutex.c FUTEX: Tidy up the code 2007-07-16 09:05:49 -07:00
rtmutex.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h FUTEX: Tidy up the code 2007-07-16 09:05:49 -07:00
rwsem.c lockstat: hook into spinlock_t, rwlock_t, rwsem and mutex 2007-07-19 10:04:49 -07:00
sched.c sched: fix kernel-doc warnings 2007-07-31 15:39:38 -07:00
sched_debug.c Fix leaks on /proc/{*/sched,sched_debug,timer_list,timer_stats} 2007-07-31 15:39:40 -07:00
sched_fair.c sched: cfs core, kernel/sched_fair.c 2007-07-09 18:51:58 +02:00
sched_idletask.c sched: cfs core, kernel/sched_idletask.c 2007-07-09 18:51:58 +02:00
sched_rt.c sched: cfs core, kernel/sched_rt.c 2007-07-09 18:51:58 +02:00
sched_stats.h sched: update delay-accounting to use CFS's precise stats 2007-07-09 18:52:00 +02:00
seccomp.c make seccomp zerocost in schedule 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
signal.c x86: i386-show-unhandled-signals-v3 2007-07-22 11:03:37 -07:00
softirq.c Freezer: make kernel threads nonfreezable by default 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
softlockup.c Freezer: make kernel threads nonfreezable by default 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
spinlock.c lockstat: hook into spinlock_t, rwlock_t, rwsem and mutex 2007-07-19 10:04:49 -07:00
srcu.c [PATCH] SRCU: report out-of-memory errors 2006-10-04 07:55:30 -07:00
stacktrace.c [PATCH] lockdep: stacktrace subsystem, core 2006-07-03 15:27:02 -07:00
stop_machine.c Fix stop_machine_run problem with naughty real time process 2007-07-16 09:05:41 -07:00
sys.c Replace CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND with CONFIG_HIBERNATION 2007-07-29 16:45:38 -07:00
sys_ni.c diskquota: 32bit quota tools on 64bit architectures 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
sysctl.c ACPI: restore CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP 2007-07-29 16:53:59 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: add context-switch counters 2007-07-16 09:05:46 -07:00
time.c Cleanup non-arch xtime uses, use get_seconds() or current_kernel_time(). 2007-07-25 10:09:20 -07:00
timer.c Pull ia64-clocksource into release branch 2007-07-20 11:26:47 -07:00
tsacct.c Cleanup non-arch xtime uses, use get_seconds() or current_kernel_time(). 2007-07-25 10:09:20 -07:00
uid16.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
user.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
user_namespace.c fix create_new_namespaces() return value 2007-07-16 09:05:47 -07:00
utsname.c namespace: ensure clone_flags are always stored in an unsigned long 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c remove CONFIG_UTS_NS and CONFIG_IPC_NS 2007-07-16 09:05:47 -07:00
wait.c Fix occurrences of "the the " 2007-05-09 08:57:56 +02:00
workqueue.c destroy_workqueue() can livelock 2007-07-17 10:23:03 -07:00