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Message-Id: <20200721165354.5244-2-parav@mellanox.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:53:51 +0300
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     jiri@...lanox.com, Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/4] devlink: Do not hold devlink mutex when initializing devlink fields

There is no need to hold a device global lock when initializing
devlink device fields of a devlink instance which is not yet part of the
devices list.

Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
---
 net/core/devlink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 6335e1851088..7df918a5899e 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -7421,9 +7421,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_alloc);
  */
 int devlink_register(struct devlink *devlink, struct device *dev)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&devlink_mutex);
 	devlink->dev = dev;
 	devlink->registered = true;
+	mutex_lock(&devlink_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&devlink->list, &devlink_list);
 	devlink_notify(devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_NEW);
 	mutex_unlock(&devlink_mutex);
-- 
2.25.4

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