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| author | Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com> | 2011-05-24 23:56:02 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-05-25 23:55:32 +0200 |
| commit | 1ba37c518f8f83094209396c65a72732b2c1df3b (patch) | |
| tree | 2e558ca6fd7a40d4cf6ca427469ede215cc742ee /drivers | |
| parent | sctp: fix memory leak of the ASCONF queue when free asoc (diff) | |
| download | linux-1ba37c518f8f83094209396c65a72732b2c1df3b.tar.xz linux-1ba37c518f8f83094209396c65a72732b2c1df3b.zip | |
xen: netfront: hold RTNL when updating features.
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c index db9a763aaa7f..d29365a232a1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c @@ -1581,7 +1581,9 @@ static int xennet_connect(struct net_device *dev) if (err) return err; + rtnl_lock(); netdev_update_features(dev); + rtnl_unlock(); spin_lock_bh(&np->rx_lock); spin_lock_irq(&np->tx_lock); |