linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hv_netvsc: Fix a deadlock by getting rtnl_lock earlier in netvsc

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Message-Id: <20180829.174841.833303774555397982.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 29 Aug 2018 17:48:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     decui@...rosoft.com
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
        jasowang@...hat.com, vkuznets@...hat.com,
        marcelo.cerri@...onical.com, jopoulso@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hv_netvsc: Fix a deadlock by getting rtnl_lock earlier
 in netvsc_probe()

From: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:20:03 +0000

> ---
>  drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> 
> FYI: these are the related 3 paths which show the deadlock:

This incredibly useful information belongs in the commit log
message, and therefore before the --- and signoffs.