On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 05:18:56PM +0200, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 03:30:56PM +0200, Jiri Bohac wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 12:23:56PM +0000, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> > > On 2010-08-31 22:54, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> > > > 	What prevents this from deadlocking such that cpu A is in
> > > > bond_close, holding RTNL and in cancel_delayed_work_sync, while cpu B is
> > > > in the above function, trying to acquire RTNL?
> > > 
> > > I guess this one isn't cancelled in bond_close, so it should be safe.
> > 
> > Nah, Jay was correct. Although this work item is not explicitly
> > cancelled with cancel_delayed_work_sync(), it is on the same
> > workqueue as work items that are being cancelled with
> > cancel_delayed_work_sync(), so this can still cause a deadlock.
> > Fixed in the new version of the patch by putting these on a
> > separate workqueue.
> > 
> 
> Maybe I miss something, but the same workqueue shouldn't matter here.

Hmm... I missed your point completely and Jay was correct!

Sorry,
Jarek P.
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