ppp: fix lockdep splat in ppp_dev_uninit()
ppp_dev_uninit() locks all_ppp_mutex while under rtnl mutex protection.
ppp_create_interface() must then lock these mutexes in that same order
to avoid possible deadlock.
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[ 120.880011] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
[ 120.880011] 4.2.0 #1 Not tainted
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[ 120.880011] ppp-apitest/15827 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 120.880011] (&pn->all_ppp_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa0145f56>] ppp_dev_uninit+0x64/0xb0 [ppp_generic]
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[ 120.880011] but task is already holding lock:
[ 120.880011] (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff812e4255>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x14
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[ 120.880011] which lock already depends on the new lock.
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[ 120.880011] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
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[ 120.880011] -> #1 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}:
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