netdev - [PATCH] pktgen: fix crash at module unload

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Date:	Wed, 09 May 2012 21:21:08 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH] pktgen: fix crash at module unload

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

commit 7d3d43dab4e9 (net: In unregister_netdevice_notifier unregister
the netdevices.) makes pktgen crashing at module unload.

[  296.820578] BUG: spinlock bad magic on CPU#6, rmmod/3267
[  296.820719]  lock: ffff880310c38000, .magic: ffff8803, .owner: <none>/-1, .owner_cpu: -1
[  296.820943] Pid: 3267, comm: rmmod Not tainted 3.4.0-rc5+ #254
[  296.821079] Call Trace:
[  296.821211]  [<ffffffff8168a715>] spin_dump+0x8a/0x8f
[  296.821345]  [<ffffffff8168a73b>] spin_bug+0x21/0x26
[  296.821507]  [<ffffffff812b4741>] do_raw_spin_lock+0x131/0x140
[  296.821648]  [<ffffffff8169188e>] _raw_spin_lock+0x1e/0x20
[  296.821786]  [<ffffffffa00cc0fd>] __pktgen_NN_threads+0x4d/0x140 [pktgen]
[  296.821928]  [<ffffffffa00ccf8d>] pktgen_device_event+0x10d/0x1e0 [pktgen]
[  296.822073]  [<ffffffff8154ed4f>] unregister_netdevice_notifier+0x7f/0x100
[  296.822216]  [<ffffffffa00d2a0b>] pg_cleanup+0x48/0x73 [pktgen]
[  296.822357]  [<ffffffff8109528e>] sys_delete_module+0x17e/0x2a0
[  296.822502]  [<ffffffff81699652>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Fix this by deleting objects from pktgen_threads list before their
freeing.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 net/core/pktgen.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index ffb5d38..f632abf 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -3762,6 +3762,7 @@ static void __exit pg_cleanup(void)
 	list_for_each_safe(q, n, &pktgen_threads) {
 		t = list_entry(q, struct pktgen_thread, th_list);
 		kthread_stop(t->tsk);
+		list_del(&t->th_list);
 		kfree(t);
 	}
 


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