Re: [PATCH]net:sched:release lock before tcf_dump_walker() normal return to avoid deadlock

From: Cong Wang
Date: Tue Dec 06 2016 - 19:10:35 EST


On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 5:50 AM, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 16-12-06 12:36 AM, Feng Deng wrote:
>>
>> From: Feng Deng<cxdx2006@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> release lock before tcf_dump_walker() normal return to avoid deadlock
>>
>
> /Scratching my head.
>
> I am probably missing something obvious.
> What are the condition under which this deadlock will happen?
> Do you have a testcase we can try?

I don't even see a patch (tried Google too).