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[net-next,1/6] ixgbe: reinit_locked() should be called with rtnl_lock

Message ID 1389868210-24035-2-git-send-email-aaron.f.brown@intel.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Brown, Aaron F Jan. 16, 2014, 10:30 a.m. UTC 
From: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>

ixgbe_service_task() is calling ixgbe_reinit_locked() without
the rtnl_lock being held. This is because it is being called
from a worker thread and not a rtnl netlink or dcbnl path.

Add rtnl_{un}lock() semantics. I found this during code review.

Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>
Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
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 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 3ca59d2..b445ad1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -6392,7 +6392,9 @@  static void ixgbe_reset_subtask(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	netdev_err(adapter->netdev, "Reset adapter\n");
 	adapter->tx_timeout_count++;
 
+	rtnl_lock();
 	ixgbe_reinit_locked(adapter);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 /**