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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 06:39:44 +0100 From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org> To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, 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: [PATCH] ipv6: fix possible seqlock deadlock in ip6_finish_output2 IPv6 stats are 64 bits and thus are protected with a seqlock. By not disabling bottom-half we could deadlock here if we don't disable bh and a softirq reentrantly updates the same mib. Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org> --- net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c index 59df872..4acdb63 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ static int ip6_finish_output2(struct sk_buff *skb) } rcu_read_unlock_bh(); - IP6_INC_STATS_BH(dev_net(dst->dev), - ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES); + IP6_INC_STATS(dev_net(dst->dev), + ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES); kfree_skb(skb); return -EINVAL; } -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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