From 9c42239c50d46364aecf2d5b6a927464a52e2723 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:23:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] net-sysfs: Use rtnl_trylock in wireless sysfs methods. [ Upstream commit b8afe6416101549e877f8470f2a160df69676166 ] The wireless sysfs methods like the rest of the networking sysfs methods are removed with the rtnl_lock held and block until the existing methods stop executing. So use rtnl_trylock and restart_syscall so that the code continues to work. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- net/core/net-sysfs.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c index 427ded841224..d5617d45deef 100644 --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c @@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ static ssize_t wireless_show(struct device *d, char *buf, const struct iw_statistics *iw; ssize_t ret = -EINVAL; - rtnl_lock(); + if (!rtnl_trylock()) + return restart_syscall(); if (dev_isalive(dev)) { iw = get_wireless_stats(dev); if (iw) -- 2.39.5