netdev - [PATCH net] net: macsec: fix rtnl locking issue

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Date:   Wed,  6 May 2020 15:58:30 +0200
From:   Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>, sd@...asysnail.net,
        mstarovoitov@...vell.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net: macsec: fix rtnl locking issue

netdev_update_features() must be called with the rtnl lock taken. Not
doing so triggers a warning, as ASSERT_RTNL() is used in
__netdev_update_features(), the first function called by
netdev_update_features(). Fix this.

Fixes: c850240b6c41 ("net: macsec: report real_dev features when HW offloading is enabled")
Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
---
 drivers/net/macsec.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index d4034025c87c..d0d31cb99180 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -2641,11 +2641,12 @@ static int macsec_upd_offload(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (ret)
 		goto rollback;
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
 	/* Force features update, since they are different for SW MACSec and
 	 * HW offloading cases.
 	 */
 	netdev_update_features(dev);
+
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return 0;
 
 rollback:
-- 
2.26.2