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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-07-29 21:09:39 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-07-29 21:09:39 -0300
commit73bcc49959e4e40911dd0dd634bf1b353827df66 (patch)
tree6b0c1d440c490a65c51ab5cf5aee7095cb4089d3 /drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
parent8447c4d15e357a458c9051ddc84aa6c8b9c27000 (diff)
parent28a33cbc24e4256c143dce96c7d93bf423229f92 (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.5'
Linux 3.5 * tag 'v3.5': (1242 commits) Linux 3.5 Remove SYSTEM_SUSPEND_DISK system state kdb: Switch to nolock variants of kmsg_dump functions printk: Implement some unlocked kmsg_dump functions printk: Remove kdb_syslog_data kdb: Revive dmesg command dm raid1: set discard_zeroes_data_unsupported dm thin: do not send discards to shared blocks dm raid1: fix crash with mirror recovery and discard pnfs-obj: Fix __r4w_get_page when offset is beyond i_size pnfs-obj: don't leak objio_state if ore_write/read fails ore: Unlock r4w pages in exact reverse order of locking ore: Remove support of partial IO request (NFS crash) ore: Fix NFS crash by supporting any unaligned RAID IO UBIFS: fix a bug in empty space fix-up cx25821: Remove bad strcpy to read-only char* HID: hid-multitouch: add support for Zytronic panels MIPS: PCI: Move fixups from __init to __devinit. MIPS: Fix bug.h MIPS build regression MIPS: sync-r4k: remove redundant irq operation ...
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
index 39ea0674dcde..5c120189ec86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ static int mdio_mux_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id, int regnum)
struct mdio_mux_parent_bus *pb = cb->parent;
int r;
- mutex_lock(&pb->mii_bus->mdio_lock);
+ /* In theory multiple mdio_mux could be stacked, thus creating
+ * more than a single level of nesting. But in practice,
+ * SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING will cover the vast majority of use
+ * cases. We use it, instead of trying to handle the general
+ * case.
+ */
+ mutex_lock_nested(&pb->mii_bus->mdio_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
r = pb->switch_fn(pb->current_child, cb->bus_number, pb->switch_data);
if (r)
goto out;
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ static int mdio_mux_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id,
int r;
- mutex_lock(&pb->mii_bus->mdio_lock);
+ mutex_lock_nested(&pb->mii_bus->mdio_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
r = pb->switch_fn(pb->current_child, cb->bus_number, pb->switch_data);
if (r)
goto out;