netdev - [PATCH net-next v3 4/6] bonding: add rtnl lock for bonding_store_xmit

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Date:	Thu, 5 Sep 2013 15:48:57 +0800
From:	Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...hat.com>,
	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3 4/6] bonding: add rtnl lock for bonding_store_xmit_hash

the bonding_store_xmit_hash() could update bond's xmit_policy, and
the xmit_policy is used in xmit path for xor mode, maybe it is hard
to occur any problem, but just follow the logic "don't change anything
slave-related without rtnl", so I think the rntl lock is fit here. :)

Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 0f539de..deb1d8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_xmit_hash(struct device *d,
 	int new_value, ret = count;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
+
 	new_value = bond_parse_parm(buf, xmit_hashtype_tbl);
 	if (new_value < 0)  {
 		pr_err("%s: Ignoring invalid xmit hash policy value %.*s.\n",
@@ -396,6 +399,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_xmit_hash(struct device *d,
 			xmit_hashtype_tbl[new_value].modename, new_value);
 	}
 
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(xmit_hash_policy, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-- 
1.8.2.1



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