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Jiri Pirko committed 2429f7ac2ef
net: introduce netif_addr_lock_nested() and call if when appropriate dev_uc_sync() and dev_mc_sync() are acquiring netif_addr_lock for destination device of synchronization. Since netif_addr_lock is already held at the time for source device, this triggers lockdep deadlock warning. There's no way this deadlock can happen so use spin_lock_nested() to silence the warning. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>