netdev - Re: [PATCH] ibm_newemac: Fix possible lockup on close

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Message-ID: <474783D9.2070700@pobox.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:52:25 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibm_newemac: Fix possible lockup on close

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> It's a bad idea to call flush_scheduled_work from within a
> netdev->stop because the linkwatch will occasionally take the
> rtnl lock from a workqueue context, and thus that can deadlock.
> 
> This reworks things a bit in that area to avoid the problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> ---
> 

applied #upstream-fixes (2.6.24-rc)

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