br_device_event() locks br->lock before calling br_del_if() which
attempts to do likewise. This is one way of fixing it.

===== net/bridge/br_if.c 1.28 vs edited =====
--- 1.28/net/bridge/br_if.c     Fri Apr 16 22:23:15 2004
+++ edited/net/bridge/br_if.c   Fri May 14 15:17:37 2004
@@ -295,12 +295,11 @@
        return err;
 }
 
-int br_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
+int br_del_if_locked(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct net_bridge_port *p;
        int err = 0;
 
-       spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
        p = dev->br_port;
        if (!p || p->br != br) 
                err = -EINVAL;
@@ -308,9 +307,19 @@
                del_nbp(p);
                br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(br);
        }
-       spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
 
        return err;
+}
+
+int br_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
+       ret = br_del_if_locked(br, dev);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 int br_get_bridge_ifindices(int *indices, int num)
===== net/bridge/br_notify.c 1.7 vs edited =====
--- 1.7/net/bridge/br_notify.c  Fri Apr 16 22:11:46 2004
+++ edited/net/bridge/br_notify.c       Fri May 14 15:16:43 2004
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                break;
 
        case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
-               br_del_if(br, dev);
+               br_del_if_locked(br, dev);
                break;
        }
        spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
===== net/bridge/br_private.h 1.23 vs edited =====
--- 1.23/net/bridge/br_private.h        Fri Apr 16 22:22:36 2004
+++ edited/net/bridge/br_private.h      Fri May 14 15:18:49 2004
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@
 extern void br_cleanup_bridges(void);
 extern int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br,
              struct net_device *dev);
+extern int br_del_if_locked(struct net_bridge *br,
+             struct net_device *dev);
 extern int br_del_if(struct net_bridge *br,
              struct net_device *dev);
 extern int br_get_bridge_ifindices(int *indices,

-- 
dwmw2


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