On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:25:02 -0800
Jay Vosburgh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Fix the handling of rtnl and the bonding_rwsem to always be acquired
> in a consistent order (rtnl, then bonding_rwsem).
>
> The existing code sometimes acquired them in this order, and sometimes
> in the opposite order,
Fix the handling of rtnl and the bonding_rwsem to always be acquired
in a consistent order (rtnl, then bonding_rwsem).
The existing code sometimes acquired them in this order, and sometimes
in the opposite order, which opens a window for deadlock between ifenslave
and sysfs.
Signed-off-by: Jay Vo
