From a5681e20b541a507c7d4fd48ae4a4040d32ee1ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juliet Kim Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:59:22 -0600 Subject: net/ibmnvic: Fix deadlock problem in reset This patch changes to use rtnl_lock only during a reset to avoid deadlock that could occur when a thread operating close is holding rtnl_lock and waiting for reset_lock acquired by another thread, which is waiting for rtnl_lock in order to set the number of tx/rx queues during a reset. Also, we now setting the number of tx/rx queues during a soft reset for failover or LPM events. Signed-off-by: Juliet Kim Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h') diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h index 18103b811d4d..99c4f8d331ce 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h @@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ struct ibmvnic_adapter { struct tasklet_struct tasklet; enum vnic_state state; enum ibmvnic_reset_reason reset_reason; - struct mutex reset_lock, rwi_lock; + struct mutex rwi_lock; struct list_head rwi_list; struct work_struct ibmvnic_reset; bool resetting; -- cgit