netdev - Re: [PATCH] netdev: Fix sleeping inside wait event

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Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:13:45 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>, LKP <lkp@...org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"oleg@...hat.com" <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdev: Fix sleeping inside wait event

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 09:29:55AM -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> (Adding netdev@...)
> 
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dave, this relies on bits currently in tip/sched/core, if you're ok I'll
> > merge it through that tree.
> >
> > ---
> > Subject: netdev: Fix sleeping inside wait event
> > From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> > Date: Wed Oct 29 17:04:56 CET 2014
> >
> > rtnl_lock_unregistering() takes rtnl_lock() -- a mutex -- inside a
> > wait loop. The wait loop relies on current->state to function, but so
> > does mutex_lock(), nesting them makes for the inner to destroy the
> > outer state.
> >
> 
> While you are on it, please fix rtnl_lock_unregistering_all() too?

Ah, that's hidden someplace else, sure I can do that. Thanks for
pointing it out.
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