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authorJohn Fastabend2014-01-16 11:30:05 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller2014-01-17 00:34:24 +0100
commit8f4c5c9fb87aa113f33ddeb4028fb0de8e18311d (patch)
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ixgbe: reinit_locked() should be called with rtnl_lock
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> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 3ca59d21d0b2..b445ad121de1 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();
}
/**