linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] unlock rtnl mutex in ic_open

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Date:	Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:21:52 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com
Cc:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] unlock rtnl mutex in ic_open_devs while waiting

From: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:52:06 +0100

> This fixes a deadlock with alx_link_check, which takes the rtnl_mutex in
> a work item to check the link.
> 
> I have no idea whether alx should be fixed or ipconfig.c,
> but this saves 120 seconds off my boot time. ;-)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com>

I genuinely think that alx_link_check() needs to use a smaller hammer
to do it's locking, there is no reason to use the RTNL mutex.

A driver private mutex will probably work just as well and not have
this problem.
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