netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net] r6040: move spinlock in r6040_close as SOFTIRQ-unsafe lock order detected

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Date:   Sat, 17 Dec 2016 21:36:30 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     manuel.bessler@...sus.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net] r6040: move spinlock in r6040_close as
 SOFTIRQ-unsafe lock order detected

From: Manuel Bessler <manuel.bessler@...sus.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 22:55:00 -0500

> 'ifconfig eth0 down' makes r6040_close() trigger:
>  INFO: HARDIRQ-safe -> HARDIRQ-unsafe lock order detected
> 
> Fixed by moving calls to phy_stop(), napi_disable(), netif_stop_queue()
> to outside of the module's private spin_lock_irq block.
> 
> Found on a Versalogic Tomcat SBC with a Vortex86 SoC
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Manuel Bessler <manuel.bessler@...sus.com>

Applied, thanks.