From: Frank Blaschka During system startup udev may try to configure devices in parallel so we have to synchronize discipline module loading. Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka --- drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -urpN linux-2.6/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c linux-2.6-patched/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c --- linux-2.6/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c 2012-03-06 13:35:59.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6-patched/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c 2012-03-06 13:35:59.000000000 +0100 @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *qeth_qdio_outb static struct device *qeth_core_root_dev; static unsigned int known_devices[][6] = QETH_MODELLIST_ARRAY; static struct lock_class_key qdio_out_skb_queue_key; +static struct mutex qeth_mod_mutex; static void qeth_send_control_data_cb(struct qeth_channel *, struct qeth_cmd_buffer *); @@ -5040,6 +5041,7 @@ int qeth_core_load_discipline(struct qet enum qeth_discipline_id discipline) { int rc = 0; + mutex_lock(&qeth_mod_mutex); switch (discipline) { case QETH_DISCIPLINE_LAYER3: card->discipline.ccwgdriver = try_then_request_module( @@ -5057,6 +5059,7 @@ int qeth_core_load_discipline(struct qet "support discipline %d\n", discipline); rc = -EINVAL; } + mutex_unlock(&qeth_mod_mutex); return rc; } @@ -5540,6 +5543,7 @@ static int __init qeth_core_init(void) pr_info("loading core functions\n"); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qeth_core_card_list.list); rwlock_init(&qeth_core_card_list.rwlock); + mutex_init(&qeth_mod_mutex); rc = qeth_register_dbf_views(); if (rc) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html