[PATCH] fix aci7xxx locking problem
> On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 04:28:12PM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: >> Folks, >> >> I've just uploaded version 1.3.8 of the aic79xx driver and version >> 6.2.33 of the aic7xxx driver. Both are available for 2.4.X and >> 2.5.X kernels in either bk send format or as a tarball from here: >> >> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/ > > Hi Justin, > > I've just tested it and I still have the deadlock on SMP. I also tried with > noapic, but it didn't change. I have reduced the TCQ from 253 to 32, and I > had the impression that it was more difficult to trigger, although I cannot > be certain. With 32, I could boot and go to about half the 'make -j 8 dep', > while it hanged during init script with 253. I may retest by the week-end, but > now I'm going to sleep. Now I'm back to 6.2.28 and everything's OK. Can you try with this patch? It seems I forgot to pull part of a change from the aic79xx driver into the aic7xxx driver. This could easily cause a lock order reversal. <sigh>
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