netdev - Re: ixgbe: RTNL assertion failed

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Message-ID: <1368160573.17344.15.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 10 May 2013 05:36:13 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:	"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: Re: ixgbe: RTNL assertion failed

On Mon, 2013-05-06 at 07:58 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Sat, 04 May 2013 22:21:32 +0100
> Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2013-05-04 at 21:05 +0000, Skidmore, Donald C wrote:
> > [...]
> > > > The version of ixgbe in this Debian kernel has bql support backported, but is
> > > > otherwise the same as in 3.2.41.  I assume that this bug has been fixed some
> > > > time between 3.2 and 3.9, but no-one requested that the fix be included in
> > > > stable branches.  Please can you identify the fix?
> > > > 
> > > > Ben.
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > Ben Hutchings
> > > > We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
> > > >                                                               - Albert Camus
> > > 
> > > I believe this is the patch:
> > > 
> > > commit 34948a947d1a576c10afee6d14792fd237549577
> > > Author: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>
> > > Date:   Fri Apr 6 07:20:21 2012 +0000
> > > 
> > >     ixgbe: add missing rtnl_lock in PM resume path
> > [...]
> > 
> > Looks like it.  And it applies cleanly to 3.2.y.  Stephen, could you
> > test this on top of 3.2.y and then nominate it for stable?
> > 
> > Ben.
> > 
> 
> Patch works.
> Tested with 3.2.44 with this patch and there is no problem.

Thanks, I've added this to my queue.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. - Harrison

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