Name: Debug Too-Early Use of softirqs
Status: Untested

diff -urpN --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal .31025-linux-2.6.6-rc2-bk4/kernel/softirq.c .31025-linux-2.6.6-rc2-bk4.updated/kernel/softirq.c
--- .31025-linux-2.6.6-rc2-bk4/kernel/softirq.c	2004-04-22 08:04:01.000000000 +1000
+++ .31025-linux-2.6.6-rc2-bk4.updated/kernel/softirq.c	2004-04-27 13:21:57.000000000 +1000
@@ -190,14 +190,18 @@ struct tasklet_head
 
 /* Some compilers disobey section attribute on statics when not
    initialized -- RR */
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tasklet_head, tasklet_vec) = { NULL };
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tasklet_head, tasklet_hi_vec) = { NULL };
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tasklet_head, tasklet_vec) = { (void *)1 };
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tasklet_head, tasklet_hi_vec) = { (void *)1 };
 
 void fastcall __tasklet_schedule(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (__get_cpu_var(tasklet_vec).list == (void *)1) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		__get_cpu_var(tasklet_vec).list = NULL;
+	}
 	t->next = __get_cpu_var(tasklet_vec).list;
 	__get_cpu_var(tasklet_vec).list = t;
 	raise_softirq_irqoff(TASKLET_SOFTIRQ);
@@ -211,6 +215,10 @@ void fastcall __tasklet_hi_schedule(stru
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (__get_cpu_var(tasklet_hi_vec).list == (void *)1) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		__get_cpu_var(tasklet_hi_vec).list = NULL;
+	}
 	t->next = __get_cpu_var(tasklet_hi_vec).list;
 	__get_cpu_var(tasklet_hi_vec).list = t;
 	raise_softirq_irqoff(HI_SOFTIRQ);
@@ -423,8 +431,8 @@ static int __devinit cpu_callback(struct
 
 	switch (action) {
 	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
-		BUG_ON(per_cpu(tasklet_vec, hotcpu).list);
-		BUG_ON(per_cpu(tasklet_hi_vec, hotcpu).list);
+		per_cpu(tasklet_vec, hotcpu).list = NULL;
+		per_cpu(tasklet_hi_vec, hotcpu).list = NULL;
 		p = kthread_create(ksoftirqd, hcpu, "ksoftirqd/%d", hotcpu);
 		if (IS_ERR(p)) {
 			printk("ksoftirqd for %i failed\n", hotcpu);