Re: [PATCH net] netvsc: don't flush peers notifying work duringsetting mtu

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Dec 17 2013 - 14:46:22 EST


From: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:21:27 +0800

> There's a possible deadlock if we flush the peers notifying work during setting
> mtu:
...
> Reported-by: Yaju Cao <yacao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Yaju Cao <yacao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> The patch is needed for stable.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Jason.
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