Re: [PATCH] r8169: initialize rtl8169_stats seqlock

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 08:32:40PM -0500, David Miller wrote:

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Boris reports he's seeing:

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[    9.195943] INFO: trying to register non-static key.
[    9.196031] the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation.
[    9.196031] turning off the locking correctness validator.
[    9.196031] CPU: 1 PID: 933 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.14.0-rc4+ #1

with the r8169 driver.

These are occuring because the seqcount embedded in u64_stats_sync on
32-bit SMP is uninitialized which is making lockdep unhappy.

Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <redacted>

Good catch, applied, thanks Kyle.

Thanks Kyle!

Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <redacted>

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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