netdev - [PATCH 3/6] netfilter: cttimeout: fix deadlock due to erroneous unlock/lock conversion

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:02:34 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] netfilter: cttimeout: fix deadlock due to erroneous unlock/lock conversion

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

The spin_unlock call should have been left as-is, revert.

Fixes: b16c29191dc89bd ("netfilter: nf_conntrack: use safer way to lock all buckets")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
index 94837d2..2671b9d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static void ctnl_untimeout(struct net *net, struct ctnl_timeout *timeout)
 			hlist_nulls_for_each_entry(h, nn, &net->ct.hash[i], hnnode)
 				untimeout(h, timeout);
 		}
-		nf_conntrack_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks[i % CONNTRACK_LOCKS]);
+		spin_unlock(&nf_conntrack_locks[i % CONNTRACK_LOCKS]);
 	}
 	local_bh_enable();
 }
-- 
2.1.4