Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc1 fails with lockup - /sbin/ifconfig / inet_ioctl() / dev_close() / rtl8169_down()

From: Ingo Molnar <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:56:13 +0200

* Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]> wrote:

> > hm, from your log it appears that lockdep did not find anything, 
> > still the hang does trigger.
> > 
> > it's /sbin/ifconfig and inet_ioctl() / dev_close() / rtl8169_down() 
> > that seems to be hanging. I've extracted the relevant backtrace 
> > below. I've Cc:-ed people who might have a better idea about what's 
> > going on.
> 
> Are you building with NAPI enabled or not. Looks like the following 
> might help the non-napi case.

the config from:

  http://www.dea.icai.upcomillas.es/romano/linux/info/2624rc1_1/

suggests that NAPI was disabled:

  CONFIG_R8169=m
  # CONFIG_R8169_NAPI is not set
  CONFIG_R8169_VLAN=y

	Ingo