netdev - Re: [V2 net 05/11] net/mlx5: Fix possible deadlock on mlx5e_tx_timeout

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Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2022 20:24:13 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>,
        Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [V2 net 05/11] net/mlx5: Fix possible deadlock on
 mlx5e_tx_timeout_work

On Sat,  5 Nov 2022 00:10:22 -0700 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> +	/* Once deactivated, new tx_timeout_work won't be initiated. */
> +	if (current_work() != &priv->tx_timeout_work)
> +		cancel_work_sync(&priv->tx_timeout_work);

The work takes rtnl_lock, are there no callers of
mlx5e_switch_priv_channels() that are under rtnl_lock()?

This patch is definitely going onto my "expecting Fixes"
bingo card :S