Re: [patch, -rc5-mm3] lock validator: fix ns83820.c irq-flags part 3

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On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 12:11 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 02:53 -0700, Barry K. Nathan wrote:
> > > On 6/4/06, Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > just the preempt the next email from Barry; while fixing this one I
> > > > looked at the usage of the locks more and found another patch needed...
> > > [snip]
> > > 
> > > Nice try, but it didn't work. ~_^
> > > 
> > > I was about to reply to the previous ns83820 patch with my dmesg, when
> > > I saw this one. I applied this patch too, and like the previous patch,
> > > it reports an instance of illegal lock usage. My dmesg follows.
> > > -- 
> > 
> > ok this is a real driver deadlock:
> 
> preexisting bug, right? So this fix should go into 2.6.16/17 too, 
> correct?

yes; this is real driver deadlock that has been there for quite some
time
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