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rtnl_link_unregister() holds RTNL and calls synchronize_srcu(), but rtnl_newlink() will acquire SRCU frist and then RTNL. Then, we need to unlink ops and call synchronize_srcu() outside of RTNL to avoid the deadlock. rtnl_link_unregister() rtnl_newlink() ---- ---- lock(rtnl_mutex); lock(&ops->srcu); lock(rtnl_mutex); sync(&ops->srcu); Let's move as such and add a mutex to protect link_ops. Now, link_ops is protected by its dedicated mutex and rtnl_link_register() no longer needs to hold RTNL. While at it, we move the initialisation of ops->dellink and ops->srcu out of the mutex scope. Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241108004823.29419-3-kuniyu@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>