netdev - Re: phy deadlock -stable backport request

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Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:38:20 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     niklas.cassel@...s.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: phy deadlock -stable backport request

From: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:56:31 +0100

> I would like to request that
> 
> commit eab127717a6af54401ba534790c793ec143cd1fc
> Author: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> Date:   Fri Jan 20 15:31:52 2017 -0800
> 
>     net: phy: Avoid deadlock during phy_error()
 ...
> would be backported to stable branch v4.9.
> 
> I've seen this deadlock happen on v4.9.x

Ok, queued up.