Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> Linus,
> 
> with -rc2 approaching i think we should apply the minimal fix below to 
> get Marcin's ne2k-pci networking back in working order. The 
> WARN_ON_ONCE() will not prevent the system from working and it will be a 
> reminder.
> 
> a better workaround would be to inhibit the resent vector via the 
> IO-APIC irqchip - but i'd still like to have the patch below because the 
> ne2k driver _should_ be able to survive the spurious irq that happens. 
> (even on Marcin's system that ne2k-pci irq line is shared with another 
> networking card, so an irq could happen at any moment - it's just that 
> with the delayed-disable logic it happens _all the time_.)
> 

I get a warning on each boot now with this patch .. 

[   63.686613] WARNING: at kernel/irq/resend.c:70 check_irq_resend()
[   63.686636]  [<c013c55c>] check_irq_resend+0x8c/0xa0
[   63.686653]  [<c013c15f>] enable_irq+0xad/0xb3
[   63.686662]  [<e886481e>] vortex_timer+0x20c/0x3d5 [3c59x]
[   63.686675]  [<c01164b9>] scheduler_tick+0x154/0x273
[   63.686685]  [<c012fed1>] getnstimeofday+0x34/0xe3
[   63.686697]  [<c0121f4a>] run_timer_softirq+0x137/0x197
[   63.686709]  [<e8864612>] vortex_timer+0x0/0x3d5 [3c59x]
[   63.686720]  [<c011ed09>] __do_softirq+0x75/0xe1
[   63.686729]  [<c011edac>] do_softirq+0x37/0x3d
[   63.686735]  [<c011ef85>] irq_exit+0x7c/0x7e
[   63.686740]  [<c010e013>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x59/0x84
[   63.686751]  [<c0103428>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30
[   63.686759]  [<c0101355>] default_idle+0x0/0x3f
[   63.686767]  [<c0101385>] default_idle+0x30/0x3f
[   63.686773]  [<c0100c19>] cpu_idle+0x5e/0x8e
[   63.686779]  [<c03fdc5f>] start_kernel+0x2d7/0x368


That means ?:)


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> 	Ingo
> 


Gabriel
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