netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9543] New: RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv6/addrconf.c (2164)/RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv4/devinet.c (1055)

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Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:31:58 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org (Andrew Morton)
Cc:	olel@....pl, bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, fubar@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9543] New: RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv6/addrconf.c (2164)/RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv4/devinet.c (1055)

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> 
> Remove stray rtnl_unlock().
> 
> Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9542

Adnrew, please cc Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com> on bonding
issues.

> diff -puN drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c~bonding-locking-fix drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c~bonding-locking-fix
> +++ a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
> @@ -1111,8 +1111,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_primary(str
> out:
>        write_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
> 
> -       rtnl_unlock();
> -

Looking at the changeset that added this perhaps the intention
is to hold the lock? If so we should add an rtnl_lock to the start
of the function.

Thanks,
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