netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9543] New: RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv6/addrconf.c (2164)/RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv4/devinet.c (1055)

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Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:46:03 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	olel@....pl
Cc:	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9543] New: RTNL: assertion failed at
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c (2164)/RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv4/devinet.c
 (1055)

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:20:48 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9543
> 
>            Summary: RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv6/addrconf.c
>                     (2164)/RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv4/devinet.c
>                     (1055)
>            Product: Drivers
>            Version: 2.5
>      KernelVersion: 2.6.24-rc4-git7
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Network
>         AssignedTo: jgarzik@...ox.com
>         ReportedBy: olel@....pl
> 
> 
> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.23
> Distribution: Gentoo
> 
> Problem Description:
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): bond0: link becomes ready
> RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv6/addrconf.c (2164)
> Pid: 9, comm: events/0 Not tainted 2.6.24-rc4-git7 #1
>  [<78402cfb>] addrconf_notify+0x5b4/0x7b7
>  [<7812203a>] finish_task_switch+0x0/0x8c
>  [<781346ff>] worker_thread+0x0/0x85
>  [<78438e23>] schedule+0x545/0x55f
>  [<781408d1>] print_lock_contention_bug+0x11/0xd2
>  [<783bfa72>] rt_run_flush+0x43/0x8b
>  [<783bfa93>] rt_run_flush+0x64/0x8b
>  [<7813ac54>] notifier_call_chain+0x2a/0x52
>  [<7813ac9e>] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x17/0x1a
>  [<783a3471>] netdev_state_change+0x18/0x29
>  [<783ac6a9>] __linkwatch_run_queue+0x150/0x17e
>  [<783ac6f4>] linkwatch_event+0x1d/0x22
>  [<78133cdf>] run_workqueue+0xdb/0x1b6
>  [<78133c8b>] run_workqueue+0x87/0x1b6
>  [<783ac6d7>] linkwatch_event+0x0/0x22
>  [<781346ff>] worker_thread+0x0/0x85
>  [<78134778>] worker_thread+0x79/0x85
>  [<781371ad>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x35
>  [<781370f6>] kthread+0x38/0x5e
>  [<781370be>] kthread+0x0/0x5e
>  [<78104baf>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
>  =======================
> RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv6/addrconf.c (1610)


Hopefully this is due to the bug you reported in bug #9542.

Does this patch fix both issues?


From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

Remove stray rtnl_unlock().

Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9542

Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Krzysztof Oledzki <olel@....pl>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c~bonding-locking-fix drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c~bonding-locking-fix
+++ a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -1111,8 +1111,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_primary(str
 out:
 	write_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
 	return count;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(primary, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, bonding_show_primary, bonding_store_primary);
_

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