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-rw-r--r--drivers/ipoe/ipoe.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ipoe/ipoe.c b/drivers/ipoe/ipoe.c
index 2829e6ac..3bf8fef7 100644
--- a/drivers/ipoe/ipoe.c
+++ b/drivers/ipoe/ipoe.c
@@ -1399,6 +1399,8 @@ static int ipoe_nl_cmd_delete(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (ses->u.hwaddr_u)
list_del_rcu(&ses->entry3);
+ /* drop the lock before sleeping in synchronize_rcu() and taking rtnl
+ * in unregister_netdev() */
up(&ipoe_wlock);
synchronize_rcu();
@@ -1411,7 +1413,7 @@ static int ipoe_nl_cmd_delete(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
unregister_netdev(ses->dev);
- ret = 0;
+ return 0;
out_unlock:
up(&ipoe_wlock);