From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jiri Pirko Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 2/2] net: introduce netif_addr_lock_nested() and call if when appropriate Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:47:43 +0100 Message-ID: <20120109234743.GA4896@minipsycho> References: <1326125915-2711-1-git-send-email-jpirko@redhat.com> <1326125915-2711-2-git-send-email-jpirko@redhat.com> <20120109163654.GC2114@minipsycho.brq.redhat.com> <1326136028.2725.0.camel@bwh-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, eric.dumazet@gmail.com To: Ben Hutchings Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:28296 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933525Ab2AIXrs (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:47:48 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1326136028.2725.0.camel@bwh-desktop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 08:07:08PM CET, bhutchings@solarflare.com wrote: >On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 17:36 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> dev_uc_sync() and dev_mc_sync() are acquiring netif_addr_lock for >> destination device of synchronization. Since netif_addr_lock is already >> held at the time for source device, this triggers depmod deathlock >> warning. >[...] > >I think you mean '...lockdep deadlock warning'? That's him :) I mixed that up a bit. Sorry :( Jirka > >Ben. > >-- >Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare >Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. >They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. >