netdev - [Patch net 11/11] net: hns3: bugfix for rtnl_lock's range in the hclgevf

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Message-ID: <1540608118-27449-12-git-send-email-tanhuazhong@huawei.com>
Date:   Sat, 27 Oct 2018 10:41:58 +0800
From:   Huazhong Tan <tanhuazhong@...wei.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linuxarm@...wei.com>,
        <salil.mehta@...wei.com>, <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
        <lipeng321@...wei.com>, Huazhong Tan <tanhuazhong@...wei.com>
Subject: [Patch net 11/11] net: hns3: bugfix for rtnl_lock's range in the hclgevf_reset()

Since hclgevf_reset_wait() is used to wait for the hardware to complete
the reset, it is not necessary to hold the rtnl_lock during
hclgevf_reset_wait(). So this patch release the lock for the duration
of hclgevf_reset_wait().

Fixes: 6988eb2a9b77 ("net: hns3: Add support to reset the enet/ring mgmt layer")
Signed-off-by: Huazhong Tan <tanhuazhong@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_main.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_main.c
index 552b708..fa6251e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_main.c
@@ -1170,6 +1170,8 @@ static int hclgevf_reset(struct hclgevf_dev *hdev)
 	/* bring down the nic to stop any ongoing TX/RX */
 	hclgevf_notify_client(hdev, HNAE3_DOWN_CLIENT);
 
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	/* check if VF could successfully fetch the hardware reset completion
 	 * status from the hardware
 	 */
@@ -1187,6 +1189,8 @@ static int hclgevf_reset(struct hclgevf_dev *hdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	rtnl_lock();
+
 	/* now, re-initialize the nic client and ae device*/
 	ret = hclgevf_reset_stack(hdev);
 	if (ret)
-- 
2.7.4