IB/usnic: Fix potential deadlock
Acquiring the rtnl lock while holding usdev_lock could result in a deadlock. For example: usnic_ib_query_port() | mutex_lock(&us_ibdev->usdev_lock) | ib_get_eth_speed() | rtnl_lock() rtnl_lock() | usnic_ib_netdevice_event() | mutex_lock(&us_ibdev->usdev_lock) This commit moves the usdev_lock acquisition after the rtnl lock has been released. This is safe to do because usdev_lock is not protecting anything being accessed in ib_get_eth_speed(). Hence, the correct order of holding locks (rtnl -> usdev_lock) is not violated. Signed-off-by: Parvi Kaustubhi <pkaustub@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
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