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| author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2006-07-10 11:24:46 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2006-07-10 14:50:33 -0700 |
| commit | 1eeb7e42888b3bde403596eebdbd64452a53f4d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d7c7fc76b61a4ecceaf03c206336bce96ddeb28 /drivers/net | |
| parent | 7466d90f858ad89dda6f47b744e0a839937907a3 (diff) | |
[BPQ] lockdep: fix false positive
Bpqether is encapsulating AX.25 frames into ethernet frames. There is a
virtual bpqether device paired with each ethernet devices, so it's normal
to pass through dev_queue_xmit twice for each frame which triggers the
locking detector.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c index 0641f54fc63..889f338132f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c +++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c @@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ struct bpqdev { static LIST_HEAD(bpq_devices); +/* + * bpqether network devices are paired with ethernet devices below them, so + * form a special "super class" of normal ethernet devices; split their locks + * off into a separate class since they always nest. + */ +static struct lock_class_key bpq_netdev_xmit_lock_key; /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */ @@ -528,6 +534,7 @@ static int bpq_new_device(struct net_device *edev) err = register_netdevice(ndev); if (err) goto error; + lockdep_set_class(&ndev->_xmit_lock, &bpq_netdev_xmit_lock_key); /* List protected by RTNL */ list_add_rcu(&bpq->bpq_list, &bpq_devices); |