> -----Original Message-----
> From: Li, Zhen-Hua [mailto:zhen-h...@hp.com]
>
> In benet driver, netif_device_detach and netif_device_attach should be
> called between rtnl_lock and rtnl_unlock.
Zhen, it's not clear to me why rtnl_lock is needed around netif_device_attach().
Can you pls explain what exact data-structure you are protecting with the lock?
Are you see warning stack trace? I don't see ASSERT_RTNL() called anywhere from
netif_device_attach/detach()?
thanks!
>
> Signed-off-by: Li, Zhen-Hua <zhen-h...@hp.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
> index 3e6df47..9c44b3f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
> @@ -4555,8 +4555,11 @@ static void be_func_recovery_task(struct work_struct
> *work)
> rtnl_unlock();
>
> status = lancer_recover_func(adapter);
> - if (!status)
> + if (!status) {
> + rtnl_lock();
> netif_device_attach(adapter->netdev);
> + rtnl_unlock();
> + }
> }
>
> /* In Lancer, for all errors other than provisioning error (-EAGAIN),
> @@ -4784,12 +4787,12 @@ static int be_suspend(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> pm_message_t
> state)
> be_intr_set(adapter, false);
> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adapter->func_recovery_work);
>
> + rtnl_lock();
> netif_device_detach(netdev);
> if (netif_running(netdev)) {
> - rtnl_lock();
> be_close(netdev);
> - rtnl_unlock();
> }
> + rtnl_unlock();
> be_clear(adapter);
>
> pci_save_state(pdev);
> @@ -4804,7 +4807,9 @@ static int be_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> struct be_adapter *adapter = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
> struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
>
> + rtnl_lock();
> netif_device_detach(netdev);
> + rtnl_unlock();
>
> status = pci_enable_device(pdev);
> if (status)
> @@ -4832,7 +4837,9 @@ static int be_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>
> schedule_delayed_work(&adapter->func_recovery_work,
> msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
> + rtnl_lock();
> netif_device_attach(netdev);
> + rtnl_unlock();
>
> if (adapter->wol_en)
> be_setup_wol(adapter, false);
> @@ -4853,7 +4860,9 @@ static void be_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adapter->work);
> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adapter->func_recovery_work);
>
> + rtnl_lock();
> netif_device_detach(adapter->netdev);
> + rtnl_unlock();
>
> be_cmd_reset_function(adapter);
>
> @@ -4957,7 +4966,9 @@ static void be_eeh_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>
> schedule_delayed_work(&adapter->func_recovery_work,
> msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
> + rtnl_lock();
> netif_device_attach(netdev);
> + rtnl_unlock();
> return;
> err:
> dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "EEH resume failed\n");
> --
> 1.7.10.4
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