linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.19 012/100] net/ibmvnic: Fix RTNL deadlock during device reset

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Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:37:41 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 012/100] net/ibmvnic: Fix RTNL deadlock during device reset

[ Upstream commit 986103e7920cabc0b910749e77ae5589d3934d52 ]

Commit a5681e20b541 ("net/ibmnvic: Fix deadlock problem
in reset") made the change to hold the RTNL lock during
driver reset but still calls netdev_notify_peers, which
results in a deadlock. Instead, use call_netdevice_notifiers,
which is functionally the same except that it does not
take the RTNL lock again.

Fixes: a5681e20b541 ("net/ibmnvic: Fix deadlock problem in reset")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index a475f36ddf8c..426789e2c23d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@ static int do_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 
 	if (adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER &&
 	    adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_CHANGE_PARAM)
-		netdev_notify_peers(netdev);
+		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, netdev);
 
 	netif_carrier_on(netdev);
 
-- 
2.19.1