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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:28:28 -0800 (PST)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000e: fix double release of mutex
From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:20:26 -0800
> During a reset, releasing the swflag after it failed to be acquired would
> cause a double unlock of the mutex. Instead, test whether acquisition of
> the swflag was successful and if not, do not release the swflag. The reset
> must still be done to bring the device to a quiescent state.
>
> This resolves [BUG 12200] BUG: bad unlock balance detected! e1000e
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12200
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Applied, thanks for respinning this.
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