Re: [patch net-next v2 2/2] net: introduce netif_addr_lock_nested() and call if when appropriate
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2012-01-09 20:47:27
From: Ben Hutchings <redacted> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:07:08 +0000
On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 17:36 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:quoted
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'?
Applied with this wording fixed.