netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mdio: Fix lockdep falls positive splat

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:27:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andrew@...n.ch
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mdio: Fix lockdep falls positive splat

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:40:05 +0200

> MDIO devices can be stacked upon each other. The current code supports
> two levels, which until recently has been enough for a DSA mdio bus on
> top of another bus. Now we have hardware which has an MDIO mux in the
> middle.
> 
> Define an MDIO MUTEX class with three levels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Applied, thanks Andrew.