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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:42:30 -0700 From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com> To: "leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] qlge: Fix a deadlock when the interface is going down On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 03:50:40PM -0700, leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: > Currently qlge can deadlock when the interface is going > down, and the mpi_port_cfg_work() is executing on another > processor. It happens because unregister_netdev() holds > the rtnl lock, and the mpi_port_cfg_work() also request > this lock. > > Since unregiter_netdev() may wait mpi_port_cfg_work(), who > also request the holding lock, it can cause an deadlock, > displaying the following error: > Thanks Breno. Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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