Re: [PATCH net] net/ibmvnic: Fix RTNL deadlock during device reset

2018-12-03 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Falcon Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:59:08 -0600 > Commit a5681e20b541 ("net/ibmnvic: Fix deadlock problem > in reset") made the change to hold the RTNL lock during > driver reset but still calls netdev_notify_peers, which > results in a deadlock. Instead, use call_netdevice_notifiers,

[PATCH net] net/ibmvnic: Fix RTNL deadlock during device reset

2018-11-30 Thread Thomas Falcon
Commit a5681e20b541 ("net/ibmnvic: Fix deadlock problem in reset") made the change to hold the RTNL lock during driver reset but still calls netdev_notify_peers, which results in a deadlock. Instead, use call_netdevice_notifiers, which is functionally the same except that it does not take the RTNL