netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix deadlock by double lock

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Date:	Sun, 07 Jun 2015 12:19:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andrew@...n.ch
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix deadlock by double lock

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Fri,  5 Jun 2015 01:10:09 +0200

> ethtool -S on a DSA interface can deadlock for some switches because
> the same lock is taken twice. Use the register read function which
> expects the lock to be already held.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Fixes: 31888234b736 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Replace stats mutex with SMI mutex")

Applied, thanks.
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