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...event * completion of the timer''s handler. The timer''s handler must not call * add_timer_on(). Upon exit the timer is not queued and the handler is * not running on any CPU. * * The function returns whether it has deactivated a pending timer or not. */ ---copy/paste--- Now, htb_rate_timer() does exactly what appears to be the source of the problem - it tries obtain dev->queue_lock - and given the right moment (timer fired handler while qdisc_destroy was holding the lock) - system locks up - del_timer_sync is waiting for handler to finish while the handler is waiting for the dev...

The HTB scheduler code is a mess, this patch set does some basic house cleaning. The first four should cause no code change, but the last two need more testing. -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> "And in the Packet there writ down that doome" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to