Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Octeon: Run IPI code with interrupts disabled.

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Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Octeon: Run IPI code with interrupts disabled.

To:	David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Octeon: Run IPI code with interrupts disabled.
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Date:	Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:41:52 +0100
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:30:07PM -0700, David Daney wrote:

> In mm/slab.c the function do_ccupdate_local requires that interrupts
> be disabled.  If they are not, we panic with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB.
> 
> So we disable interrupts while processing IPIs.  Also these are not
> shared irqs, so get rid of the IRQF_SHARED flag.

Yes, this one will ruin your day.

  Ralf

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