Bpqether is encapsulating AX.25 frames into ethernet frames. There is a
virtual bpqether device paired with each ethernet devices, so it's normal
to pass through dev_queue_xmit twice for each frame which triggers the
locking detector.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
static LIST_HEAD(bpq_devices);
+/*
+ * bpqether network devices are paired with ethernet devices below them, so
+ * form a special "super class" of normal ethernet devices; split their locks
+ * off into a separate class since they always nest.
+ */
+static struct lock_class_key bpq_netdev_xmit_lock_key;
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
err = register_netdevice(ndev);
if (err)
goto error;
+ lockdep_set_class(&ndev->_xmit_lock, &bpq_netdev_xmit_lock_key);
/* List protected by RTNL */
list_add_rcu(&bpq->bpq_list, &bpq_devices);