qlge: Fix deadlock when cancelling worker.
authorRon Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com>
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:06:50 +0000 (11:06 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:02:57 +0000 (15:02 -0800)
Removing usage of rtnl_lock() to protect firmware interface registers.
These registers are accessed in some worker threads and can create a
deadlock if rtnl_lock is taken by upper layers while the worker is still
pending.
We remove rtnl_lock and use a driver mutex just while mailboxes are
accessed.

Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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