RE: [PATCH next] netlink: prevent deadlock in ctrl_dumpfamily()

[Berg, Johannes]

> +	if (need_locking) {
> +		/* genl_mutex could be already locked in genl_rcv_msg() */
> +		rt = genl_family_find_byid(cb->nlh->nlmsg_type);
> +		need_locking = need_locking && rt->parallel_ops;
> +	}

This is equivalent to reverting the patch because parallel_ops will be false for the genl family. :-)

johannes
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