netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: sysfs locking fix.

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Message-Id: <20070814.132145.36923740.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:21:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	buytenh@...tstofly.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: sysfs locking fix.

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:50:52 +0100

> Forget earlier patch, it is wrong...
> 
> The stp change code generates "sleeping function called from invalid context"
> because rtnl_lock() called with BH disabled. This fixes it by not acquiring then
> dropping the bridge lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>

Applied, thanks Stephen.
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