This fixes a deadlock with alx_link_check, which takes the rtnl_mutex in
a work item to check the link.
I have no idea whether alx should be fixed or ipconfig.c,
but this saves 120 seconds off my boot time. ;-)
Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankho...@canonical.com>
---
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 7fa18bc7e47f..c8aa15a0cdf4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void)
if (ic_is_init_dev(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev))
goto have_carrier;
+ rtnl_unlock();
msleep(1);
+ rtnl_lock();
if (time_before(jiffies, next_msg))
continue;
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