Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 4 authors, 2007-08-24

Re: [PATCH] bridge: sysfs locking fix.

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2007-08-14 20:21:47
Also in: bridge

From: Stephen Hemminger <redacted>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:50:52 +0100
Forget earlier patch, it is wrong...

The stp change code generates "sleeping function called from invalid context"
because rtnl_lock() called with BH disabled. This fixes it by not acquiring then
dropping the bridge lock.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <redacted>
Applied, thanks Stephen.
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