netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bonding: Fix deadlock in bonding driver when using netpoll

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Date:	Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:13:57 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dingtianhong@...wei.com
Cc:	fubar@...ibm.com, vfalico@...hat.com, andy@...yhouse.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bonding: Fix deadlock in bonding driver when using
 netpoll

From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:06:40 +0800

> The bonding driver take write locks and spin locks that are shared
> by the tx path in enslave processing and notification processing,
> If the netconsole is in use, the bonding can call printk which puts
> us in the netpoll tx path, if the netconsole is attached to the bonding
> driver, result in deadlock.
> 
> So add protection for these place, by checking the netpoll_block_tx
> state, we can defer the sending of the netconsole frames until a later
> time using the retransmit feature of netpoll_send_skb that is triggered
> on the return code NETDEV_TX_BUSY.
> 
> Cc: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
> Cc: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>

Applied.
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