From 8b6381600d59871fbe44d36522272f961ab42410 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Taehee Yoo Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 09:37:56 -0700 Subject: ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in ixgbe_service_task() 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe') diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index cbaf712d6529..7882148abb43 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -7897,11 +7897,8 @@ static void ixgbe_service_task(struct work_struct *work) return; } if (ixgbe_check_fw_error(adapter)) { - if (!test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state)) { - rtnl_lock(); + if (!test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state)) unregister_netdev(adapter->netdev); - rtnl_unlock(); - } ixgbe_service_event_complete(adapter); return; } -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b