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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-06 17:22:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-06 17:22:09 -0800 |
| commit | 9753dfe19a85e7e45a34a56f4cb2048bb4f50e27 (patch) | |
| tree | c017a1b4a70b8447c71b01d8b320e071546b5c9d /net/tipc/config.c | |
| parent | edf7c8148ec40c0fd27c0ef3f688defcc65e3913 (diff) | |
| parent | 9f42f126154786e6e76df513004800c8c633f020 (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1958 commits)
net: pack skb_shared_info more efficiently
net_sched: red: split red_parms into parms and vars
net_sched: sfq: extend limits
cnic: Improve error recovery on bnx2x devices
cnic: Re-init dev->stats_addr after chip reset
net_sched: Bug in netem reordering
bna: fix sparse warnings/errors
bna: make ethtool_ops and strings const
xgmac: cleanups
net: make ethtool_ops const
vmxnet3" make ethtool ops const
xen-netback: make ops structs const
virtio_net: Pass gfp flags when allocating rx buffers.
ixgbe: FCoE: Add support for ndo_get_fcoe_hbainfo() call
netdev: FCoE: Add new ndo_get_fcoe_hbainfo() call
igb: reset PHY after recovering from PHY power down
igb: add basic runtime PM support
igb: Add support for byte queue limits.
e1000: cleanup CE4100 MDIO registers access
e1000: unmap ce4100_gbe_mdio_base_virt in e1000_remove
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Diffstat (limited to 'net/tipc/config.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/tipc/config.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/config.c b/net/tipc/config.c index b25a396b7e1e..4785bf26cdf4 100644 --- a/net/tipc/config.c +++ b/net/tipc/config.c @@ -184,13 +184,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *cfg_set_own_addr(void) " (cannot change node address once assigned)"); /* - * Must release all spinlocks before calling start_net() because - * Linux version of TIPC calls eth_media_start() which calls - * register_netdevice_notifier() which may block! - * - * Temporarily releasing the lock should be harmless for non-Linux TIPC, - * but Linux version of eth_media_start() should really be reworked - * so that it can be called with spinlocks held. + * Must temporarily release configuration spinlock while switching into + * networking mode as it calls tipc_eth_media_start(), which may sleep. + * Releasing the lock is harmless as other locally-issued configuration + * commands won't occur until this one completes, and remotely-issued + * configuration commands can't be received until a local configuration + * command to enable the first bearer is received and processed. */ spin_unlock_bh(&config_lock); |
