Konrad reports:
[ 0.930811] RTNL: assertion failed at /home/konrad/ssd/linux/net/core/dev.c (5258)
[ 0.930821] Pid: 22, comm: xenwatch Not tainted
2.6.39-05193-gd762f43 #1
[ 0.930825] Call Trace:
[ 0.930834] [<
ffffffff8143bd0e>] __netdev_update_features+0xae/0xe0
[ 0.930840] [<
ffffffff8143dd41>] netdev_update_features+0x11/0x30
[ 0.930847] [<
ffffffffa0037105>] netback_changed+0x4e5/0x800 [xen_netfront]
[ 0.930854] [<
ffffffff8132a838>] xenbus_otherend_changed+0xa8/0xb0
[ 0.930860] [<
ffffffff8157ca99>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x19/0x20
[ 0.930866] [<
ffffffff8132adfe>] backend_changed+0xe/0x10
[ 0.930871] [<
ffffffff8132875a>] xenwatch_thread+0xba/0x180
[ 0.930876] [<
ffffffff810a8ba0>] ? wake_up_bit+0x40/0x40
[ 0.930881] [<
ffffffff813286a0>] ? split+0xf0/0xf0
[ 0.930886] [<
ffffffff810a8646>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
[ 0.930891] [<
ffffffff815855a4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[ 0.930896] [<
ffffffff815846b3>] ? int_ret_from_sys_call+0x7/0x1b
[ 0.930901] [<
ffffffff8157cf61>] ? retint_restore_args+0x5/0x6
[ 0.930906] [<
ffffffff815855a0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
This update happens in xenbus watch callback context and hence does not already
hold the rtnl. Take the lock as necessary.
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
if (err)
return err;
+ rtnl_lock();
netdev_update_features(dev);
+ rtnl_unlock();
spin_lock_bh(&np->rx_lock);
spin_lock_irq(&np->tx_lock);