Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:56:32 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: caif: fix wrong rtnl_is_locked() usage | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@openvz.org> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:23:04 +0400
> rtnl_is_locked() doesn't check who holds this lock, it just tells that it's > locked right now. if caif::ldisc_close really can be called under rtrnl_lock > then it should release net device in other context because there is no way > to grab rtnl_lock without deadlock. > > This patch adds work which releases these devices. Also this patch fixes calling > dev_close/unregister_netdevice without rtnl_lock from caif_ser_exit(). > > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@openvz.org>
Applied.
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