cnic: Prevent "scheduling while atomic" when calling ->cnic_init()
authorMichael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:42:57 +0000 (07:42 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:44:28 +0000 (11:44 -0800)
cnic_dev_list is protected by rtnl_lock and cnic_dev_lock spin_lock during
modifications.  When looping on cnic_dev_list and calling ->cnic_init(),
we should just hold rtnl_lock since ->cnic_init() may sleep.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/cnic.c

index 9c2e7860b18eb42c59ac29c5002070755b477166..3a7d3ce6db7b48ca119ac86d672305d18683c29d 100644 (file)
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Broadcom NetXtreme II CNIC Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(CNIC_MODULE_VERSION);
 
+/* cnic_dev_list modifications are protected by both rtnl and cnic_dev_lock */
 static LIST_HEAD(cnic_dev_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(cnic_udev_list);
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(cnic_dev_lock);
@@ -445,14 +446,12 @@ int cnic_register_driver(int ulp_type, struct cnic_ulp_ops *ulp_ops)
 
        /* Prevent race conditions with netdev_event */
        rtnl_lock();
-       read_lock(&cnic_dev_lock);
        list_for_each_entry(dev, &cnic_dev_list, list) {
                struct cnic_local *cp = dev->cnic_priv;
 
                if (!test_and_set_bit(ULP_F_INIT, &cp->ulp_flags[ulp_type]))
                        ulp_ops->cnic_init(dev);
        }
-       read_unlock(&cnic_dev_lock);
        rtnl_unlock();
 
        return 0;