s390/qeth: fix potential deadlock on workqueue flush
The L2 bridgeport code uses the coarse 'conf_mutex' for guarding access to its configuration state. This can result in a deadlock when qeth_l2_stop_card() - called under the conf_mutex - blocks on flush_workqueue() to wait for the completion of pending bridgeport workers. Such workers would also need to aquire the conf_mutex, stalling indefinitely. Introduce a lock that specifically guards the bridgeport configuration, so that the workers no longer need the conf_mutex. Wrapping qeth_l2_promisc_to_bridge() in this fine-grained lock then also fixes a theoretical race against a concurrent qeth_bridge_port_role_store() operation. Fixes: c0a2e4d1 ("s390/qeth: conclude all event processing before offlining a card") Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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