Description of problem: It appears NetworkManager triggers some problem with the rt2x00 driver Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.21-1.3116.fc7 NetworkManager-0.6.5-1.fc7 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. plugin the rt2x00 card Actual results: 'oops' message: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 1 Loading module: rt2x00lib - CVS (N/A) by http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com. Loading module: rt2500pci - CVS (N/A) by http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com. PCI: Enabling device 0000:06:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.0 to 64 wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple' ================================= [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ] 2.6.21-1.3116.fc7 #1 --------------------------------- inconsistent {hardirq-on-W} -> {in-hardirq-R} usage. NetworkManager/2396 [HC1[1]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes: (dev_base_lock){-.??}, at: [<c05b5760>] dev_get_by_index+0x10/0x33 {hardirq-on-W} state was registered at: [<c04423ce>] __lock_acquire+0x448/0xba4 [<c0442f1c>] lock_acquire+0x56/0x6f [<c061623b>] _write_lock_bh+0x30/0x3d [<c05b3362>] register_netdevice+0x278/0x300 [<c05b46f5>] register_netdev+0x40/0x4d [<c075959c>] loopback_init+0xd/0xf [<c073c699>] init+0x1f1/0x2d6 [<c0405cd3>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff irq event stamp: 21896 hardirqs last enabled at (21895): [<c047a8cb>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0xd3/0xf3 hardirqs last disabled at (21896): [<c0405a50>] common_interrupt+0x24/0x34 softirqs last enabled at (21888): [<c042c014>] __do_softirq+0xdc/0xe2 softirqs last disabled at (21869): [<c0407420>] do_softirq+0x61/0xd0 other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by NetworkManager/2396: #0: (rtnl_mutex){--..}, at: [<c0614eba>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 stack backtrace: [<c04061e9>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f [<c04067ad>] show_trace+0x12/0x14 [<c0406831>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18 [<c0440eb5>] print_usage_bug+0x141/0x14b [<c0441699>] mark_lock+0x18d/0x419 [<c0442304>] __lock_acquire+0x37e/0xba4 [<c0442f1c>] lock_acquire+0x56/0x6f [<c06162ee>] _read_lock+0x2b/0x38 [<c05b5760>] dev_get_by_index+0x10/0x33 [<d0ee5762>] ieee80211_beacon_get+0x16/0x3fa [mac80211] [<d0ecb3ee>] rt2500pci_interrupt+0x64/0x133 [rt2500pci] [<c0458b6e>] handle_IRQ_event+0x1a/0x46 [<c045a07b>] handle_level_irq+0x90/0xd9 [<c0407540>] do_IRQ+0xb1/0xd9 [<c0405a5a>] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34 [<c05b4deb>] dev_open+0x2e/0x66 [<c05b374d>] dev_change_flags+0x51/0xf1 [<c05bbb38>] rtnl_setlink+0x265/0x37d [<c05bb14a>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1bb/0x1de [<c05c77e9>] netlink_run_queue+0x65/0xd1 [<c05baf45>] rtnetlink_rcv+0x29/0x42 [<c05c7b87>] netlink_data_ready+0x15/0x56 [<c05c6c59>] netlink_sendskb+0x1f/0x37 [<c05c7544>] netlink_unicast+0x1ab/0x1c5 [<c05c7b66>] netlink_sendmsg+0x271/0x27d [<c05aac27>] sock_sendmsg+0xe7/0x104 [<c05aad95>] sys_sendmsg+0x151/0x1af [<c05abd91>] sys_socketcall+0x220/0x241 [<c0405078>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb ======================= Expected results: No 'oops' Additional info: System profile: http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=7249536a-feda-40cf-8407-917fbc02aa9a
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 235956 ***