netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] net: aquantia: Ethtool based ring size configuration

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jun 2018 16:00:24 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Igor Russkikh <igor.russkikh@...antia.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Arcari <darcari@...hat.com>,
        Pavel Belous <pavel.belous@...antia.com>,
        Anton Mikaev <amikaev@...antia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] net: aquantia: Ethtool based ring size
 configuration

On Tue,  5 Jun 2018 01:30:15 +0300, Igor Russkikh wrote:
> @@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ static void aq_nic_service_timer_cb(struct timer_list *t)
>  	int ctimer = AQ_CFG_SERVICE_TIMER_INTERVAL;
>  	int err = 0;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&self->aq_mutex);
> +
>  	if (aq_utils_obj_test(&self->flags, AQ_NIC_FLAGS_IS_NOT_READY))
>  		goto err_exit;
>  
> @@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ static void aq_nic_service_timer_cb(struct timer_list *t)
>  		ctimer = max(ctimer / 2, 1);
>  
>  err_exit:
> +	mutex_unlock(&self->aq_mutex);
>  	mod_timer(&self->service_timer, jiffies + ctimer);
>  }
>  

This looks like a timer callback from the prototype, I don't think you
can take mutexes in timer callbacks.