netdev - Re: 2.6.39-rc6-mmotm0506 - another lockdep splat (networking this time)

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2011 14:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.39-rc6-mmotm0506 - another lockdep splat (networking this
 time)

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 23:48:36 +0200

> Le lundi 09 mai 2011 à 20:58 -0700, David Miller a écrit :
>> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>> Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 05:47:51 +0200
>> 
>> > [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: fix two lockdep splats
>> > 
>> > Commit e67f88dd12f6 (net: dont hold rtnl mutex during netlink dump
>> > callbacks) switched rtnl protection to RCU, but we forgot to adjust two
>> > rcu_dereference() lockdep annotations :
>> > 
>> > inet_get_link_af_size() or inet_fill_link_af() might be called with
>> > rcu_read_lock or rtnl held, so use rcu_dereference_rtnl()
>> > instead of rtnl_dereference()
>> > 
>> > Reported-by: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>
>> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>> 
>> Applied, thanks everyone.
> 
> David, I found you applied this patch for net-2.6, but it was
> net-next-2.6 material only ...

Thanks for catching that, I'll fix this.
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