netdev - Re: [net] i40e: Fix a sleep-in-atomic bug

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2017 23:46:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     baijiaju1990@....com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com,
        sassmann@...hat.com, jogreene@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net] i40e: Fix a sleep-in-atomic bug

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:35:31 -0700

> From: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>
> 
> The driver may sleep under a spin lock, and the function call path is:
> i40e_ndo_set_vf_port_vlan (acquire the lock by spin_lock_bh)
>   i40e_vsi_remove_pvid
>     i40e_vlan_stripping_disable
>       i40e_aq_update_vsi_params
>         i40e_asq_send_command
>           mutex_lock --> may sleep
> 
> To fixed it, the spin lock is released before "i40e_vsi_remove_pvid", and
> the lock is acquired again after this function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>
> Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied, thanks Jeff.