Re: [net v2] ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in ixgbe_service_task()

2019-08-09 Thread David Miller
From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 09:37:56 -0700 > From: Taehee Yoo > > ixgbe_service_task() calls unregister_netdev() under rtnl_lock(). > But unregister_netdev() internally calls rtnl_lock(). > So deadlock would occur. > > Fixes: 59dd45d550c5 ("ixgbe: firmware recovery mode") > Signe

[net v2] ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in ixgbe_service_task()

2019-08-08 Thread Jeff Kirsher
From: Taehee Yoo ixgbe_service_task() calls unregister_netdev() under rtnl_lock(). But unregister_netdev() internally calls rtnl_lock(). So deadlock would occur. Fixes: 59dd45d550c5 ("ixgbe: firmware recovery mode") Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo Tested-by: Andrew Bowers Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher