netdev - Re: [patch v3 01/11] netlink: add reference of module in netlink_dump

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Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2012 16:41:42 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	<davem@...emloft.net>, <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	<steffen.klassert@...unet.com>, <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, <pablo@...filter.org>,
	<stephen.hemminger@...tta.com>, <jengelh@...i.de>
Subject: Re: [patch v3 01/11] netlink: add reference of module in
 netlink_dump_start

On Thu, 2012-10-04 at 12:41 +0800, Gao feng wrote:
> I get a panic when I use ss -a and rmmod inet_diag at the
> same time.
> 
> it's because netlink_dump use inet_diag_dump witch function
> belongs to module inet_diag.
> 
> I search the codes and find many modules have the same problem.
> We need add reference of the module witch the cb->dump belongs
> to.
> 
> Thanks for all help from Stephen,Jan,Eric,Steffen and Pablo.
> 
> Change From v2:
> 
> delete netlink_dump_done,and call module_put in netlink_dump
> and netlink_sock_destruct.
[...]
> @@ -1794,19 +1798,28 @@ int netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  		return -ECONNREFUSED;
>  	}
>  	nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
> -	/* A dump is in progress... */
> +
>  	mutex_lock(nlk->cb_mutex);
> +	/* A dump is in progress... */
>  	if (nlk->cb) {
>  		mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
>  		netlink_destroy_callback(cb);
> -		sock_put(sk);
> -		return -EBUSY;
> +		ret = -EBUSY;
> +		goto out;
>  	}
> +	/* add reference of module witch cb->dump belong to */
[...]

'which' not 'witch' :-)

Ben.

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