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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2009-05-13 17:01:51 (GMT)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-05-19 05:15:59 (GMT)
commit26574401fef6766f6c3ca25b5c13febe662d2a32 (patch)
treef3ef9fe491dbdece50d77ccc56bb797727b91375 /drivers/infiniband
parentaf38f2989572704a846a5577b5ab3b1e2885cbfb (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-26574401fef6766f6c3ca25b5c13febe662d2a32.tar.xz
net: Fix ipoib rtnl_lock sysfs deadlock.
Network device sysfs files that grab the rtnl_lock unconditionally will deadlock if accessed when the network device is being unregistered. So use trylock and syscall_restart to avoid this deadlock. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/infiniband')
-rw-r--r--drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c6
-rw-r--r--drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c6
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
index 47d588b..4248c31 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
@@ -1455,13 +1455,15 @@ static ssize_t set_mode(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
struct net_device *dev = to_net_dev(d);
struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+ if (!rtnl_trylock())
+ return restart_syscall();
+
/* flush paths if we switch modes so that connections are restarted */
if (IPOIB_CM_SUPPORTED(dev->dev_addr) && !strcmp(buf, "connected\n")) {
set_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_ADMIN_CM, &priv->flags);
ipoib_warn(priv, "enabling connected mode "
"will cause multicast packet drops\n");
- rtnl_lock();
dev->features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_TSO);
rtnl_unlock();
priv->tx_wr.send_flags &= ~IB_SEND_IP_CSUM;
@@ -1473,7 +1475,6 @@ static ssize_t set_mode(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
if (!strcmp(buf, "datagram\n")) {
clear_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_ADMIN_CM, &priv->flags);
- rtnl_lock();
if (test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_CSUM, &priv->flags)) {
dev->features |= NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_SG;
if (priv->hca_caps & IB_DEVICE_UD_TSO)
@@ -1485,6 +1486,7 @@ static ssize_t set_mode(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
return count;
}
+ rtnl_unlock();
return -EINVAL;
}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
index 4c57f32..e3bf00d8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ int ipoib_vlan_add(struct net_device *pdev, unsigned short pkey)
ppriv = netdev_priv(pdev);
- rtnl_lock();
+ if (!rtnl_trylock())
+ return restart_syscall();
mutex_lock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
/*
@@ -167,7 +168,8 @@ int ipoib_vlan_delete(struct net_device *pdev, unsigned short pkey)
ppriv = netdev_priv(pdev);
- rtnl_lock();
+ if (!rtnl_trylock())
+ return restart_syscall();
mutex_lock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
list_for_each_entry_safe(priv, tpriv, &ppriv->child_intfs, list) {
if (priv->pkey == pkey) {