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[PATCH] ipw2100: Fix deadlock detected by lockdep

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Fix by removing dependency between priv->action_sem and rtnl semaphore.

Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Zhu Yi 2006-08-21 11:38:52 +08:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent c8c22c942e
commit efbd809829
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
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@ -6254,13 +6254,14 @@ static int ipw2100_pci_init_one(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
* member to call a function that then just turns and calls ipw2100_up.
* net_dev->init is called after name allocation but before the
* notifier chain is called */
mutex_lock(&priv->action_mutex);
err = register_netdev(dev);
if (err) {
printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME
"Error calling register_netdev.\n");
goto fail_unlock;
goto fail;
}
mutex_lock(&priv->action_mutex);
registered = 1;
IPW_DEBUG_INFO("%s: Bound to %s\n", dev->name, pci_name(pci_dev));