netdev - Re: [PATCH] nl80211: fix dumpit error path RTNL deadlocks

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Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2017 07:55:39 +0100
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com, dvyukov@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nl80211: fix dumpit error path RTNL deadlocks

On Wed, 2017-03-15 at 14:59 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:29:13 +0100
> 
> > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> > 
> > Sowmini pointed out Dmitry's RTNL deadlock report to me, and it
> turns out
> > to be perfectly accurate - there are various error paths that miss
> unlock
> > of the RTNL.

> Johannes, I assume I will get this in a future pull request?

Sure, coming to a tree near you ... today I guess. Just didn't want to
send it out entirely unreviewed, although I checked it with sparse.

johannes