linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] inet: fix possible seqlock deadlocks

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Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:09:14 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	jongman.heo@...sung.com, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] inet: fix possible seqlock deadlocks

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 09:51:22AM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> In commit c9e9042994d3 ("ipv4: fix possible seqlock deadlock") I left
> another places where IP_INC_STATS_BH() were improperly used.
> 
> udp_sendmsg(), ping_v4_sendmsg() and tcp_v4_connect() are called from
> process context, not from softirq context.
> 
> This was detected by lockdep seqlock support.
> 
> Reported-by: jongman heo <jongman.heo@...sung.com>
> Fixes: 584bdf8cbdf6 ("[IPV4]: Fix "ipOutNoRoutes" counter error for TCP and UDP")
> Fixes: c319b4d76b9e ("net: ipv4: add IPPROTO_ICMP socket kind")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Just got home after getting distracted with other things today and the work is
already done. Thanks, Eric! ;)

Exactly the spots I noticed this morning, so

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Should we do something about the naming? I find it rather dangerous because
they look like the _bh lock postfixes but act exactly in the opposite?

Greetings,

  Hannes

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