netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Release lock while requesting IRQ

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Date:   Sat, 23 Feb 2019 17:43:57 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Release lock while requesting IRQ

There is no need to hold the register lock while requesting the GPIO
interrupt. By not holding it we can also avoid a false positive
lockdep splat.

Reported-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
index 7ee8607bf3a6..9cb17d3ef590 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
@@ -456,10 +456,12 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_g1_irq_setup(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip)
 	 */
 	irq_set_lockdep_class(chip->irq, &lock_key, &request_key);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&chip->reg_lock);
 	err = request_threaded_irq(chip->irq, NULL,
 				   mv88e6xxx_g1_irq_thread_fn,
 				   IRQF_ONESHOT | IRQF_SHARED,
 				   dev_name(chip->dev), chip);
+	mutex_lock(&chip->reg_lock);
 	if (err)
 		mv88e6xxx_g1_irq_free_common(chip);
 
-- 
2.20.1