Change bond_mii_monitor to not hold any locks when calling rtnl_unlock,
as rtnl_unlock can sleep (when acquring another mutex in netdev_run_todo).

Bug reported by Makito SHIOKAWA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, who
included a different patch.

Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 2c6da49..49a1982 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2386,7 +2386,9 @@ void bond_mii_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
                rtnl_lock();
                read_lock(&bond->lock);
                __bond_mii_monitor(bond, 1);
-               rtnl_unlock();
+               read_unlock(&bond->lock);
+               rtnl_unlock();  /* might sleep, hold no other locks */
+               read_lock(&bond->lock);
        }
 
        delay = ((bond->params.miimon * HZ) / 1000) ? : 1;
-- 
1.5.3.4.206.g58ba4-dirty

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