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Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 17:57:12 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: ian.campbell@...rix.com Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: netfront: hold RTNL when updating features. From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 08:56:02 +0100 > 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@...rix.com> > Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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