[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in ixgbe_service_task()

[Bowers, AndrewX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Taehee Yoo
> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2019 9:57 PM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com>; intel-wired-
> lan at lists.osuosl.org; ap420073 at gmail.com
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in
> ixgbe_service_task()
> 
> 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 at gmail.com>
> ---
> I did only compile test because I don't have the hardware.
> Could anyone test this patch?
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>