[ Upstream commit 8b6381600d59871fbe44d36522272f961ab42410 ]
ixgbe_service_task() calls unregister_netdev() under rtnl_lock(). But unregister_netdev() internally calls rtnl_lock(). So deadlock would occur.
Fixes: 59dd45d550c5 ("ixgbe: firmware recovery mode") Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo ap420073@gmail.com Tested-by: Andrew Bowers andrewx.bowers@intel.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Signed-off-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index 57fd9ee6de665..f7c049559c1a5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -7893,11 +7893,8 @@ static void ixgbe_service_task(struct work_struct *work) return; } if (ixgbe_check_fw_error(adapter)) { - if (!test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state)) { - rtnl_lock(); + if (!test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state)) unregister_netdev(adapter->netdev); - rtnl_unlock(); - } ixgbe_service_event_complete(adapter); return; }