On (08/20/13 14:03), Berg, Johannes wrote:
> > + if (need_locking) {
> > + /* genl_mutex could be already locked in genl_rcv_msg() */
> > + rt = genl_family_find_byid(cb->nlh->nlmsg_type);
> > + need_locking = need_locking && rt->parallel_ops;
> > + }
>
> This is equivalent to reverting the patch because parallel_ops will be false
> for the genl family. :-)
>
sorry, didn't notice that there is already a thread on lkml regarding
this issue. will follow that discussion. the reason was that I see an
actual deadlock on my machine during certain network activities, but
lockdep is silent.
thanks,
-ss
> johannes
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