From: Maarten Lankhorst <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:52:06 +0100
> This fixes a deadlock with alx_link_check, which takes the rtnl_mutex in > a work item to check the link. > > I have no idea whether alx should be fixed or ipconfig.c, > but this saves 120 seconds off my boot time. ;-) > > Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <[email protected]> I genuinely think that alx_link_check() needs to use a smaller hammer to do it's locking, there is no reason to use the RTNL mutex. A driver private mutex will probably work just as well and not have this problem. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
