From f92d318023ff70a273690a91568597168ac32f05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cong Wang Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:34:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] netpoll: fix a rtnl lock assertion failure v4: hold rtnl lock for the whole netpoll_setup() v3: remove the comment v2: use RCU read lock This patch fixes the following warning: [ 72.013864] RTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c (4955) [ 72.017758] Pid: 668, comm: netpoll-prep-v6 Not tainted 3.8.0-rc1+ #474 [ 72.019582] Call Trace: [ 72.020295] [] netdev_master_upper_dev_get+0x35/0x58 [ 72.022545] [] netpoll_setup+0x61/0x340 [ 72.024846] [] store_enabled+0x82/0xc3 [ 72.027466] [] netconsole_target_attr_store+0x35/0x37 [ 72.029348] [] configfs_write_file+0xe2/0x10c [ 72.030959] [] vfs_write+0xaf/0xf6 [ 72.032359] [] ? sysret_check+0x22/0x5d [ 72.033824] [] sys_write+0x5c/0x84 [ 72.035328] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b In case of other races, hold rtnl lock for the entire netpoll_setup() function. Cc: Eric Dumazet Cc: Jiri Pirko Cc: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Cong Wang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/netpoll.c | 24 ++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c index 9f0506726101..a5ad1c1c4b18 100644 --- a/net/core/netpoll.c +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -1048,11 +1048,13 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np) struct in_device *in_dev; int err; + rtnl_lock(); if (np->dev_name) - ndev = dev_get_by_name(&init_net, np->dev_name); + ndev = __dev_get_by_name(&init_net, np->dev_name); if (!ndev) { np_err(np, "%s doesn't exist, aborting\n", np->dev_name); - return -ENODEV; + err = -ENODEV; + goto unlock; } if (netdev_master_upper_dev_get(ndev)) { @@ -1066,15 +1068,14 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np) np_info(np, "device %s not up yet, forcing it\n", np->dev_name); - rtnl_lock(); err = dev_open(ndev); - rtnl_unlock(); if (err) { np_err(np, "failed to open %s\n", ndev->name); goto put; } + rtnl_unlock(); atleast = jiffies + HZ/10; atmost = jiffies + carrier_timeout * HZ; while (!netif_carrier_ok(ndev)) { @@ -1094,16 +1095,14 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np) np_notice(np, "carrier detect appears untrustworthy, waiting 4 seconds\n"); msleep(4000); } + rtnl_lock(); } if (!np->local_ip.ip) { if (!np->ipv6) { - rcu_read_lock(); - in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(ndev); - + in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(ndev); if (!in_dev || !in_dev->ifa_list) { - rcu_read_unlock(); np_err(np, "no IP address for %s, aborting\n", np->dev_name); err = -EDESTADDRREQ; @@ -1111,14 +1110,12 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np) } np->local_ip.ip = in_dev->ifa_list->ifa_local; - rcu_read_unlock(); np_info(np, "local IP %pI4\n", &np->local_ip.ip); } else { #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) struct inet6_dev *idev; err = -EDESTADDRREQ; - rcu_read_lock(); idev = __in6_dev_get(ndev); if (idev) { struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp; @@ -1133,7 +1130,6 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np) } read_unlock_bh(&idev->lock); } - rcu_read_unlock(); if (err) { np_err(np, "no IPv6 address for %s, aborting\n", np->dev_name); @@ -1151,17 +1147,17 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np) /* fill up the skb queue */ refill_skbs(); - rtnl_lock(); err = __netpoll_setup(np, ndev, GFP_KERNEL); - rtnl_unlock(); - if (err) goto put; + rtnl_unlock(); return 0; put: dev_put(ndev); +unlock: + rtnl_unlock(); return err; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_setup); -- 2.20.1