Re: [PATCH rdma-rc 3/7] IB/IPoIB: Fix race between ipoib_remove_one to sysfs functions

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On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Erez Shitrit <erezsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Fixes: 862096a8bbf8 ("IB/ipoib: Add more rtnl_link_ops callbacks")
>>> Fixes: 9baa0b036410 ("IB/ipoib: Add rtnl_link_ops support")
>>
>> These two commits go back to 3.7-rc1 / Oct 2012 -- so I wonder how come we never
>> got reports on this ABBA deadlock happens in real life - any idea, did
>> you see the deadlock in
>
> Sure, it is from the real life, you can see the stack that i added to
> the commit message.

yes, but the bug you're pointing on is out there for whole four years
and no one complained including you, can you explain that?

> If you want to simulate that just add sleep in the remove_one while
> trying to change mode/add-child etc.

so why need to simulate? is that impossible to get it on non simulated env?
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