RE: [PATCH] igb: Fix a deadlock in igb_sriov_reinit

From: Brown, Aaron F
Date: Mon Aug 10 2015 - 22:07:01 EST


> From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jia-Ju Bai
> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 8:36 PM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Brandeburg, Jesse
> Cc: intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jia-Ju Bai
> Subject: [PATCH] igb: Fix a deadlock in igb_sriov_reinit
>
> When igb_init_interrupt_scheme in igb_sriov_reinit is failed, the lock
> acquired by rtnl_lock() is not released, which causes a deadlock.
> This patch adds rtnl_unlock() in error handling to fix it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
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