netdev - [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix deadlock by double lock

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Date:	Fri,  5 Jun 2015 01:10:09 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix deadlock by double lock

ethtool -S on a DSA interface can deadlock for some switches because
the same lock is taken twice. Use the register read function which
expects the lock to be already held.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Fixes: 31888234b736 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Replace stats mutex with SMI mutex")
---
 drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
index 4f2b8b7565b0..261a0301e403 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
@@ -758,8 +758,8 @@ static void _mv88e6xxx_get_ethtool_stats(struct dsa_switch *ds,
 		u32 high = 0;
 
 		if (s->reg >= 0x100) {
-			ret = mv88e6xxx_reg_read(ds, REG_PORT(port),
-						 s->reg - 0x100);
+			ret = _mv88e6xxx_reg_read(ds, REG_PORT(port),
+						  s->reg - 0x100);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto error;
 			low = ret;
-- 
2.1.4

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