/*-------------------------- Device entry points ----------------------------*/
 
+static void bond_work_init_all(struct bonding *bond)
+{
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mcast_work,
+                         bond_resend_igmp_join_requests_delayed);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->alb_work, bond_alb_monitor);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mii_work, bond_mii_monitor);
+       if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)
+               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work, bond_activebackup_arp_mon);
+       else
+               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work, bond_loadbalance_arp_mon);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->ad_work, bond_3ad_state_machine_handler);
+}
+
+static void bond_work_cancel_all(struct bonding *bond)
+{
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mii_work);
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->arp_work);
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->alb_work);
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->ad_work);
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mcast_work);
+}
+
 static int bond_open(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 {
        struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
        }
        read_unlock(&bond->lock);
 
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mcast_work, bond_resend_igmp_join_requests_delayed);
+       bond_work_init_all(bond);
 
        if (bond_is_lb(bond)) {
                /* bond_alb_initialize must be called before the timer
                 * is started.
                 */
-               if (bond_alb_initialize(bond, (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ALB))) {
-                       /* something went wrong - fail the open operation */
+               if (bond_alb_initialize(bond, (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ALB)))
                        return -ENOMEM;
-               }
-
-               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->alb_work, bond_alb_monitor);
                queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->alb_work, 0);
        }
 
-       if (bond->params.miimon) {  /* link check interval, in milliseconds. */
-               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mii_work, bond_mii_monitor);
+       if (bond->params.miimon)  /* link check interval, in milliseconds. */
                queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mii_work, 0);
-       }
 
        if (bond->params.arp_interval) {  /* arp interval, in milliseconds. */
-               if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)
-                       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work,
-                                         bond_activebackup_arp_mon);
-               else
-                       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work,
-                                         bond_loadbalance_arp_mon);
-
                queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->arp_work, 0);
                if (bond->params.arp_validate)
                        bond->recv_probe = bond_arp_rcv;
        }
 
        if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
-               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->ad_work, bond_3ad_state_machine_handler);
                queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->ad_work, 0);
                /* register to receive LACPDUs */
                bond->recv_probe = bond_3ad_lacpdu_recv;
        struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
 
        write_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
-
        bond->send_peer_notif = 0;
-
        write_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
 
-       if (bond->params.miimon) {  /* link check interval, in milliseconds. */
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mii_work);
-       }
-
-       if (bond->params.arp_interval) {  /* arp interval, in milliseconds. */
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->arp_work);
-       }
-
-       switch (bond->params.mode) {
-       case BOND_MODE_8023AD:
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->ad_work);
-               break;
-       case BOND_MODE_TLB:
-       case BOND_MODE_ALB:
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->alb_work);
-               break;
-       default:
-               break;
-       }
-
-       if (delayed_work_pending(&bond->mcast_work))
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mcast_work);
-
+       bond_work_cancel_all(bond);
        if (bond_is_lb(bond)) {
                /* Must be called only after all
                 * slaves have been released
        bond_dev->features |= bond_dev->hw_features;
 }
 
-static void bond_work_cancel_all(struct bonding *bond)
-{
-       if (bond->params.miimon && delayed_work_pending(&bond->mii_work))
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mii_work);
-
-       if (bond->params.arp_interval && delayed_work_pending(&bond->arp_work))
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->arp_work);
-
-       if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ALB &&
-           delayed_work_pending(&bond->alb_work))
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->alb_work);
-
-       if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD &&
-           delayed_work_pending(&bond->ad_work))
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->ad_work);
-
-       if (delayed_work_pending(&bond->mcast_work))
-               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mcast_work);
-}
-
 /*
 * Destroy a bonding device.
 * Must be under rtnl_lock when this function is called.
 
        int new_value, ret = count;
        struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 
+       if (!rtnl_trylock())
+               return restart_syscall();
        if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &new_value) != 1) {
                pr_err("%s: no arp_interval value specified.\n",
                       bond->dev->name);
                pr_info("%s: ARP monitoring cannot be used with MII monitoring. %s Disabling MII monitoring.\n",
                        bond->dev->name, bond->dev->name);
                bond->params.miimon = 0;
-               if (delayed_work_pending(&bond->mii_work)) {
-                       cancel_delayed_work(&bond->mii_work);
-                       flush_workqueue(bond->wq);
-               }
        }
        if (!bond->params.arp_targets[0]) {
                pr_info("%s: ARP monitoring has been set up, but no ARP targets have been specified.\n",
                 * timer will get fired off when the open function
                 * is called.
                 */
-               if (!delayed_work_pending(&bond->arp_work)) {
-                       if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)
-                               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work,
-                                                 bond_activebackup_arp_mon);
-                       else
-                               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work,
-                                                 bond_loadbalance_arp_mon);
-
-                       queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->arp_work, 0);
-               }
+               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mii_work);
+               queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->arp_work, 0);
        }
 
 out:
+       rtnl_unlock();
        return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(arp_interval, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
        int new_value, ret = count;
        struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 
+       if (!rtnl_trylock())
+               return restart_syscall();
        if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &new_value) != 1) {
                pr_err("%s: no miimon value specified.\n",
                       bond->dev->name);
                                bond->params.arp_validate =
                                        BOND_ARP_VALIDATE_NONE;
                        }
-                       if (delayed_work_pending(&bond->arp_work)) {
-                               cancel_delayed_work(&bond->arp_work);
-                               flush_workqueue(bond->wq);
-                       }
                }
 
                if (bond->dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
                         * timer will get fired off when the open function
                         * is called.
                         */
-                       if (!delayed_work_pending(&bond->mii_work)) {
-                               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mii_work,
-                                                 bond_mii_monitor);
-                               queue_delayed_work(bond->wq,
-                                                  &bond->mii_work, 0);
-                       }
+                       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->arp_work);
+                       queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mii_work, 0);
                }
        }
 out:
+       rtnl_unlock();
        return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(miimon, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,