[Intel-wired-lan] [net PATCH v1] i40e: fix recursive rtnl lock

[Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>]

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:45:52 -0700
Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:20:42 -0700
> Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Anjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@intel.com>
> > 
> > The sync_vsi_filters function can be called directly under RTNL
> > or through the timer subtask without one.  This was causing
> > a deadlock.
> 
> This patch was briefly tested, and does actually fix the bug it was
> meant to fix, but this patch may cause bugs, one we thought of today was
> if another thread grabs the RTNL, this patch will act as if it has it.
> 
> Another possible bug is that if another thread had the RTNL, it may
> release it while this patch's thread is not completed all the way.
> 
> We are working on a further patch/refinement.

Please drop this patch.