netdev - [PATCH net-next v4 02/10] mlx4: add rtnl lock protection in mlx4_en

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Message-Id: <1452352052-27574-3-git-send-email-hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Date:	Sat,  9 Jan 2016 16:07:24 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	jesse@...nel.org, Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 02/10] mlx4: add rtnl lock protection in mlx4_en_restart

I don't really understand the use of the state_lock. Can't it be simply
replaced by rtnl_lock? It seems a lot of current users depend on
rtnl_lock anyway.

Anyway, fix this up for the moment.

Cc: Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 0c7e3f69a73bb6..94abd0843901cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -1846,6 +1846,7 @@ static void mlx4_en_restart(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	en_dbg(DRV, priv, "Watchdog task called for port %d\n", priv->port);
 
+	rtnl_lock();
 	mutex_lock(&mdev->state_lock);
 	if (priv->port_up) {
 		mlx4_en_stop_port(dev, 1);
@@ -1853,6 +1854,7 @@ static void mlx4_en_restart(struct work_struct *work)
 			en_err(priv, "Failed restarting port %d\n", priv->port);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&mdev->state_lock);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 static void mlx4_en_clear_stats(struct net_device *dev)
-- 
2.5.0