possible reason: unannotated irqs-off

[Murali Karicheri]

On 09/21/2015 11:44 AM, Murali Karicheri wrote:
> Russell,
>
> On 09/18/2015 01:02 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 12:02:15PM -0400, Murali Karicheri wrote:
>>> While chasing a fix for a deadlock in netcp driver with debug options
>>> enabled, i bumped on another warning shown below.. Looks like I need to
>>> enable CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER as well to get rid of this. Have anyone
>>> seen
>>> this? My google search showed me some connection with this option and I
>>> enabled it as well and I don't see the warning anymore. Any idea if
>>> this is
>>> a false alarm or a real bug? Looks like I need to enable
>>> CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER as well. If so, I can send a patch. Either way
>>> let me
>>> know.
>>
>> Do you have this commit applied?
>
> No. We are using v4.1.x.
>
>>
>> commit 3302caddf10ad50710dbb7a94ccbdb3ad5bf1412
>> Author: Russell King <rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk>
>> Date:   Thu Aug 20 16:13:37 2015 +0100
>>
>>      ARM: entry: efficiency cleanups
>>
>
> I have cherry-picked this one, but ran into some conflicts which I have
> fixed. Will try and let you know.
>
Yes. This fixes the issue. I will request Greg.H to apply this to 4.1.y 
stable.

Murali

> Thanks


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Murali Karicheri
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