netdev - [PATCH] sky2: Hold RTNL while calling dev

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Date:	Sat, 31 May 2008 16:52:52 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] sky2: Hold RTNL while calling dev_close() [2nd try]

dev_close() must be called holding the RTNL.  Compile-tested only.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/sky2.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
index f226bca..b9bdf88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -4395,7 +4395,9 @@ static int sky2_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			if (err) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: could not up: %d\n",
 				       dev->name, err);
+				rtnl_lock();
 				dev_close(dev);
+				rtnl_unlock();
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
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