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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 22:45:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	bpoirier@...e.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net] igb: fix rtnl race in PM resume path

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 18:38:37 -0700

> From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>
> 
> Since the caller (PM resume code) is not the one holding rtnl, when taking the
> 'else' branch rtnl may be released at any moment, thereby defeating the whole
> purpose of this code block.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>
> Tested-by: Jeff Pieper <jeffrey.e.pieper@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied, thanks Jeff.
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