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bonding: fix ASSERT_RTNL that produces spurious warnings
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bonding-fix-assert_rtnl-that-produces-spurious-warnings.patch
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Subject: bonding: fix ASSERT_RTNL that produces spurious warnings
From: Jay Vosburgh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Move an ASSERT_RTNL down to where we should hold only RTNL; the existing check
produces spurious warnings because we hold additional locks at _bh, tripping a
debug warning in spin_lock_mutex().
Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN
drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c~bonding-fix-assert_rtnl-that-produces-spurious-warnings
drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
---
a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c~bonding-fix-assert_rtnl-that-produces-spurious-warnings
+++ a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1601,9 +1601,6 @@ void bond_alb_handle_active_change(struc
struct slave *swap_slave;
int i;
- if (new_slave)
- ASSERT_RTNL();
-
if (bond->curr_active_slave == new_slave) {
return;
}
@@ -1649,6 +1646,8 @@ void bond_alb_handle_active_change(struc
write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
read_unlock(&bond->lock);
+ ASSERT_RTNL();
+
/* curr_active_slave must be set before calling alb_swap_mac_addr */
if (swap_slave) {
/* swap mac address */
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
git-netdev-all.patch
bonding-fix-locking-in-sysfs-primary-active-selection.patch
bonding-fix-assert_rtnl-that-produces-spurious-warnings.patch
bonding-fix-locking-during-alb-failover-and-slave-removal.patch
bonding-release-slaves-when-master-removed-via-sysfs.patch
bonding-fix-up-parameter-parsing.patch
bonding-fix-lock-ordering-for-rtnl-and-bonding_rwsem.patch
bonding-dont-hold-lock-when-calling-rtnl_unlock.patch
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