mac80211: Allocate new mesh path and portal tables before taking locks
authorcozybit Inc <javier@cozybit.com>
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:10:28 +0000 (11:10 -0700)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:24:48 +0000 (15:24 -0400)
It is unnecessary to hold the path table resize lock while allocating a
new table.  Allocate first and take lock later.  This resolves a
soft-lockup:

[  293.385799] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s! [kworker/u:3:744]
(...)
[  293.386049] Call Trace:
[  293.386049]  [<c119fd04>] do_raw_read_lock+0x26/0x29
[  293.386049]  [<c14b2982>] _raw_read_lock+0x8/0xa
[  293.386049]  [<c148c178>] mesh_path_add+0xb7/0x24e
[  293.386049]  [<c148b98d>] ? mesh_path_lookup+0x1b/0xa6
[  293.386049]  [<c148ded5>] hwmp_route_info_get+0x276/0x2fd
[  293.386049]  [<c148dfb6>] mesh_rx_path_sel_frame+0x5a/0x5d9
[  293.386049]  [<c102667d>] ? update_curr+0x1cf/0x1d7
[  293.386049]  [<c148b45a>] ieee80211_mesh_rx_queued_mgmt+0x60/0x67
[  293.386049]  [<c147c374>] ieee80211_iface_work+0x1f0/0x258
(...)

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c

index 8d65b47d9837582cfa5cce46e59b4bc401a28025..7776ae5a8f15776d32699348d345c749b8d1b928 100644 (file)
@@ -65,42 +65,37 @@ void mesh_table_free(struct mesh_table *tbl, bool free_leafs)
        __mesh_table_free(tbl);
 }
 
-static struct mesh_table *mesh_table_grow(struct mesh_table *tbl)
+static int mesh_table_grow(struct mesh_table *oldtbl,
+               struct mesh_table *newtbl)
 {
-       struct mesh_table *newtbl;
        struct hlist_head *oldhash;
        struct hlist_node *p, *q;
        int i;
 
-       if (atomic_read(&tbl->entries)
-                       < tbl->mean_chain_len * (tbl->hash_mask + 1))
-               goto endgrow;
+       if (atomic_read(&oldtbl->entries)
+                       < oldtbl->mean_chain_len * (oldtbl->hash_mask + 1))
+               return -EAGAIN;
 
-       newtbl = mesh_table_alloc(tbl->size_order + 1);
-       if (!newtbl)
-               goto endgrow;
 
-       newtbl->free_node = tbl->free_node;
-       newtbl->mean_chain_len = tbl->mean_chain_len;
-       newtbl->copy_node = tbl->copy_node;
-       atomic_set(&newtbl->entries, atomic_read(&tbl->entries));
+       newtbl->free_node = oldtbl->free_node;
+       newtbl->mean_chain_len = oldtbl->mean_chain_len;
+       newtbl->copy_node = oldtbl->copy_node;
+       atomic_set(&newtbl->entries, atomic_read(&oldtbl->entries));
 
-       oldhash = tbl->hash_buckets;
-       for (i = 0; i <= tbl->hash_mask; i++)
+       oldhash = oldtbl->hash_buckets;
+       for (i = 0; i <= oldtbl->hash_mask; i++)
                hlist_for_each(p, &oldhash[i])
-                       if (tbl->copy_node(p, newtbl) < 0)
+                       if (oldtbl->copy_node(p, newtbl) < 0)
                                goto errcopy;
 
-       return newtbl;
+       return 0;
 
 errcopy:
        for (i = 0; i <= newtbl->hash_mask; i++) {
                hlist_for_each_safe(p, q, &newtbl->hash_buckets[i])
-                       tbl->free_node(p, 0);
+                       oldtbl->free_node(p, 0);
        }
-       __mesh_table_free(newtbl);
-endgrow:
-       return NULL;
+       return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 
@@ -334,10 +329,13 @@ void mesh_mpath_table_grow(void)
 {
        struct mesh_table *oldtbl, *newtbl;
 
+       newtbl = mesh_table_alloc(mesh_paths->size_order + 1);
+       if (!newtbl)
+               return;
        write_lock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
        oldtbl = mesh_paths;
-       newtbl = mesh_table_grow(mesh_paths);
-       if (!newtbl) {
+       if (mesh_table_grow(mesh_paths, newtbl) < 0) {
+               __mesh_table_free(newtbl);
                write_unlock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
                return;
        }
@@ -352,10 +350,13 @@ void mesh_mpp_table_grow(void)
 {
        struct mesh_table *oldtbl, *newtbl;
 
+       newtbl = mesh_table_alloc(mpp_paths->size_order + 1);
+       if (!newtbl)
+               return;
        write_lock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
        oldtbl = mpp_paths;
-       newtbl = mesh_table_grow(mpp_paths);
-       if (!newtbl) {
+       if (mesh_table_grow(mpp_paths, newtbl) < 0) {
+               __mesh_table_free(newtbl);
                write_unlock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
                return;
        }