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Commit 8b638160 authored by Taehee Yoo's avatar Taehee Yoo Committed by David S. Miller
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ixgbe: fix possible deadlock in ixgbe_service_task()

ixgbe_service_task() calls unregister_netdev() under rtnl_lock().
But unregister_netdev() internally calls rtnl_lock().
So deadlock would occur.

Fixes: 59dd45d5

 ("ixgbe: firmware recovery mode")
Signed-off-by: default avatarTaehee Yoo <ap420073@gmail.com>
Tested-by: default avatarAndrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 703acf62
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