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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:04:15 -0800 (PST)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: ron.mercer@...gic.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, jarkao2@...il.com, mingo@...e.hu,
Linux-Driver@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/1] qlge: Fix deadlock when cancelling worker.
From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:06:50 -0800
> Removing usage of rtnl_lock() to protect firmware interface registers.
> These registers are accessed in some worker threads and can create a
> deadlock if rtnl_lock is taken by upper layers while the worker is still
> pending.
> We remove rtnl_lock and use a driver mutex just while mailboxes are
> accessed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
Applied.
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