[PATCH 2/8] netpoll: deadlock bugfix

[Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>]

This fixes an obvious deadlock in the netpoll code.  netpoll_rx takes the
npinfo->rx_lock.  netpoll_rx is also the only caller of arp_reply (through
__netpoll_rx).  As such, it is not necessary to take this lock.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>

Index: l/net/core/netpoll.c
===================================================================
--- l.orig/net/core/netpoll.c	2005-08-06 17:47:48.000000000 -0500
+++ l/net/core/netpoll.c	2005-08-06 17:47:49.000000000 -0500
@@ -353,11 +353,8 @@ static void arp_reply(struct sk_buff *sk
 	struct sk_buff *send_skb;
 	struct netpoll *np = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&npinfo->rx_lock, flags);
 	if (npinfo->rx_np && npinfo->rx_np->dev == skb->dev)
 		np = npinfo->rx_np;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&npinfo->rx_lock, flags);
-
 	if (!np)
 		return;
 
-
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