On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Yong Zhang wrote:

> > This happens because the &desc->lock is taken with spin_lock_irqsave and
> > just a spin_lock.  In the try_one_irq(), this lock really should be a
> > spin_lock_irqsave().
> >
> 
> Cc'ed Ingo and Thomas.
> 
> The reason is that try_one_irq() is called both from hardirq context and softirq
> context. And by default the timer handler poll_all_shared_irqs() is
> called with irq enabled.
> Then the two usage will cause inconsistent.
> 
> So I think the following patch is also workable to you.

Yes, that's sufficient.
 
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/spurious.c b/kernel/irq/spurious.c
> index 114e704..11affbc 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/spurious.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/spurious.c
> @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static void poll_all_shared_irqs(void)
> 
>  	for_each_irq_desc(i, desc) {
>  		unsigned int status;
> +		unsigned long flags;
> 
>  		if (!i)
>  			 continue;
> @@ -121,7 +122,9 @@ static void poll_all_shared_irqs(void)
>  		if (!(status & IRQ_SPURIOUS_DISABLED))
>  			continue;
> 
> +		local_irq_save(flags);
>  		try_one_irq(i, desc);
> +		local_irq_restore(flags);

  You can even use local_irq_en/disable() here.

Thanks,

	tglx