netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/bridge: Add missing in6_dev_put in br_validate

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Date:	Mon, 6 Jul 2015 11:35:55 +0100
From:	Julien Grall <julien.grall@...rix.com>
To:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
CC:	<stephen@...workplumber.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Bernhard Thaler" <bernhard.thaler@...et.at>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	<ian.campbell@...rix.com>, <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/bridge: Add missing in6_dev_put in br_validate_ipv6

Hi,

On 03/07/15 21:42, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Julien Grall <julien.grall@...rix.com> wrote:
>> The commit efb6de9b4ba0092b2c55f6a52d16294a8a698edd "netfilter: bridge:
>> forward IPv6 fragmented packets" introduced a new function
>> br_validate_ipv6 which take a reference on the inet6 device. Although,
>> the reference is not released at the end.
>>
>> This will result to the impossibility to destroy any netdevice using
>> ipv6 and bridge.
>>
>> Spotted while trying to destroy a Xen guest on the upstream Linux:
>> "unregister_netdevice: waiting for vif1.0 to become free. Usage count = 1"
> 
> Ugh :-/
> 
> I think it makes more sense to use __in6_dev_get() instead which doesn't
> take a reference.

__in6_dev_get requires to hold rcu_read_lock or RTNL. My knowledge on
this code is very limited. Are we sure that one this lock is hold? At
first glance, I wasn't able to find one.

Regards,

-- 
Julien Grall
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