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| author |   Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> | 2009-05-13 17:01:51 +0000 |
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| committer |   David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-05-18 22:15:59 -0700 |
| commit | 26574401fef6766f6c3ca25b5c13febe662d2a32 (patch) | |
| tree | f3ef9fe491dbdece50d77ccc56bb797727b91375 /include/linux/cdev.h | |
| parent | net: Fix bridgeing sysfs handling of rtnl_lock (diff) | |
net: Fix ipoib rtnl_lock sysfs deadlock.
Network device sysfs files that grab the rtnl_lock unconditionally
will deadlock if accessed when the network device is being
unregistered. So use trylock and syscall_restart to avoid this
deadlock.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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