From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A592C433EF for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:17:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D0A20864 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:17:28 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org D1D0A20864 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936904AbeFRKR1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2018 06:17:27 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:52866 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933984AbeFRIPp (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2018 04:15:45 -0400 Received: from localhost (LFbn-1-12247-202.w90-92.abo.wanadoo.fr [90.92.61.202]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6132CC50; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 08:15:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Nathan Fontenot , "David S. Miller" , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 4.16 008/279] ibmvnic: Do not notify peers on parameter change resets Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:09:53 +0200 Message-Id: <20180618080609.180374399@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20180618080608.851973560@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20180618080608.851973560@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 X-stable: review MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Nathan Fontenot [ Upstream commit ebc701b796a67a5785399dcbc83d90e3b5f1e02f ] When attempting to change the driver parameters, such as the MTU value or number of queues, do not call netdev_notify_peers(). Doing so will deadlock on the rtnl_lock. Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -1711,7 +1711,8 @@ static int do_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapt for (i = 0; i < adapter->req_rx_queues; i++) napi_schedule(&adapter->napi[i]); - if (adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER) + if (adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER && + adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_CHANGE_PARAM) netdev_notify_peers(netdev); netif_carrier_on(netdev);