[PATCH net-next 1/4] devlink: Do not hold devlink mutex when initializing devlink fields

[Parav Pandit]

There is no need to hold a device global lock when initializing
devlink device fields of a devlink instance which is not yet part of the
devices list.

Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <pa...@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com>
---
 net/core/devlink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 6335e1851088..7df918a5899e 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -7421,9 +7421,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_alloc);
  */
 int devlink_register(struct devlink *devlink, struct device *dev)
 {
-       mutex_lock(&devlink_mutex);
        devlink->dev = dev;
        devlink->registered = true;
+       mutex_lock(&devlink_mutex);
        list_add_tail(&devlink->list, &devlink_list);
        devlink_notify(devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_NEW);
        mutex_unlock(&devlink_mutex);
-- 
2.25.4