netdev - Re: [Patch net] ip6mr: avoid double unregister of pim6reg device

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Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 22:34:20 +0300
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     andreyknvl@...gle.com,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch net] ip6mr: avoid double unregister of pim6reg device

On 21/04/17 22:27, Cong Wang wrote:
> If we unregister the pim6reg device via default_device_exit_batch(),
> we will receive a notification and ip6mr_device_event() will
> unregister it again. This causes a kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:6813.
> 
> Like commit 7dc00c82cbb0 ("ipv4: Fix ipmr unregister device oops")
> we should avoid double-unregister in netdevice notifier.
> 
> Reported-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/ip6mr.c | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

Cong,
Please read the full thread, I've already provided a fix which is similar.
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/753531/

Thanks,
 Nik