Re: [patch net-next v2 2/2] net: introduce netif_addr_lock_nested() and call if when appropriate

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'?

Ben.

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