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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:04:15 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: ron.mercer@...gic.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, jarkao2@...il.com, mingo@...e.hu, Linux-Driver@...gic.com Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/1] qlge: Fix deadlock when cancelling worker. From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:06:50 -0800 > Removing usage of rtnl_lock() to protect firmware interface registers. > These registers are accessed in some worker threads and can create a > deadlock if rtnl_lock is taken by upper layers while the worker is still > pending. > We remove rtnl_lock and use a driver mutex just while mailboxes are > accessed. > > Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com> Applied. -- 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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