netdev - Re: [net] ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in ixgbe_service

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Date:   Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:51:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     ap420073@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com,
        sassmann@...hat.com, andrewx.bowers@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net] ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in ixgbe_service_task()

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Mon,  5 Aug 2019 13:04:03 -0700

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> index cbaf712d6529..3386e752e458 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> @@ -7898,9 +7898,7 @@ static void ixgbe_service_task(struct work_struct *work)
>  	}
>  	if (ixgbe_check_fw_error(adapter)) {
>  		if (!test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state)) {
> -			rtnl_lock();
>  			unregister_netdev(adapter->netdev);
> -			rtnl_unlock();
>  		}

Please remove the (now unnecessary) curly braces for this basic block.

Thank you.