netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] r8169: fix LED-related deadlock on module removal

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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:02:03 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
	Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] r8169: fix LED-related deadlock on module removal

On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 08:47:40PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Binding devm_led_classdev_register() to the netdev is problematic
> because on module removal we get a RTNL-related deadlock. Fix this
> by avoiding the device-managed LED functions.
> 
> Note: We can safely call led_classdev_unregister() for a LED even
> if registering it failed, because led_classdev_unregister() detects
> this and is a no-op in this case.
> 
> Fixes: 18764b883e15 ("r8169: add support for LED's on RTL8168/RTL8101")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew