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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/ipconfig.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c index 816d8aad5a68..9d41d5d5cd1e 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c @@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void) dev->name, able, d->xid); } } + /* Devices with a complex topology like SFP ethernet interfaces needs + * the rtnl_lock at init. The carrier wait-loop must therefore run + * without holding it. + */ + rtnl_unlock(); /* no point in waiting if we could not bring up at least one device */ if (!ic_first_dev) @@ -274,9 +279,13 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void) msecs_to_jiffies(carrier_timeout * 1000))) { int wait, elapsed; + rtnl_lock(); for_each_netdev(&init_net, dev) - if (ic_is_init_dev(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev)) + if (ic_is_init_dev(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev)) { + rtnl_unlock(); goto have_carrier; + } + rtnl_unlock(); msleep(1); @@ -289,7 +298,6 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void) next_msg = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(20000); } have_carrier: - rtnl_unlock(); *last = NULL; |