RE: [PATCH 1/1] i40iw: remove bogus call to netdev_master_upper_dev_get

From: Saleem, Shiraz
Date: Wed Apr 29 2020 - 11:33:40 EST


> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] i40iw: remove bogus call to netdev_master_upper_dev_get
>
> Local variable netdev is not used in these calls.
>
> It should be noted, that this change is required to work in bonded mode.
> In the other case we would get the following assert:
> "RTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c (5665)"
> with the calltrace as follows:
> dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
> netdev_master_upper_dev_get+0x61/0x70
> i40iw_addr_resolve_neigh+0x1e8/0x220
> i40iw_make_cm_node+0x296/0x700
> ? i40iw_find_listener.isra.10+0xcc/0x110
> i40iw_receive_ilq+0x3d4/0x810
> i40iw_puda_poll_completion+0x341/0x420
> i40iw_process_ceq+0xa5/0x280
> i40iw_ceq_dpc+0x1e/0x40
> tasklet_action+0x83/0x140
> __do_softirq+0x125/0x2bb
> call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
> do_softirq+0x65/0xa0
> irq_exit+0x105/0x110
> do_IRQ+0x56/0xf0
> common_interrupt+0x16a/0x16a
> ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x57/0xd0
> cpuidle_idle_call+0xde/0x230
> arch_cpu_idle+0xe/0xc0
> cpu_startup_entry+0x14a/0x1e0
> start_secondary+0x1f7/0x270
> start_cpu+0x5/0x14
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Faisal Latif <faisal.latif@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c | 8 --------
> 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>

Looks right. Thanks!

Acked-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx>