netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] cnic: Fix rtnl deadlock

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Date:	Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:03:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mchan@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] cnic: Fix rtnl deadlock

From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:44:14 -0700

> When cnic_stop_hw() -> cnic_cm_stop_bnx2x_hw() is called under rtnl_lock()
> from NETDEV_DOWN event, it waits for cnic_delete_task() to complete.
> It will deadlock when cnic_delete_task() takes rtnl_lock() before
> calling cnic_ulp_stop_one().
> 
> We fix it by removing the rtnl_lock() in cnic_delete_task().
> cnic_ulp_stop_one() has mutex and atomic bit ops to prevent important
> operations from being done more than once, so it is not necessary to take
> rtnl_lock().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

Applied, thanks Michael.
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