Re: [PATCH] hv_netvsc: Fix a deadlock by getting rtnl_lock earlier in netvsc_probe()

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Aug 29 2018 - 20:48:47 EST


From: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:20:03 +0000

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> drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> FYI: these are the related 3 paths which show the deadlock:

This incredibly useful information belongs in the commit log
message, and therefore before the --- and signoffs.