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linux/drivers/net/tap.c
WANG Cong ffa423fb32 tap: convert a mutex to a spinlock 
We are not allowed to block on the RCU reader side, so can't
just hold the mutex as before. As a quick fix, convert it to
a spinlock.

Fixes: d9f1f61c08 ("tap: Extending tap device create/destroy APIs")
Reported-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-07-11 13:41:57 -07:00

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