netdev - Re: net-next/unix: BUG: using smp_processor

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Message-Id: <20081124.000942.193710927.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:09:42 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: net-next/unix: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:01:49 +0100

> David Miller a écrit :
> > From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> > Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:20:14 -0800 (PST)
> > 
> >> From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
> >> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:32:30 +0100
> >>
> >>> [PATCH] net: make sock_prot_inuse_add() preempt safe
> >  ...
> >> Eric, you added this bug by starting to use this interface in
> >> situations where BH's were not disabled.
> >>
> >> Ever existing use adhered to that rule.
> >>
> >> If you therefore want to call this interface in new locations,
> >> you have to make sure those locations follow the rule too.
> > Here is what I commited to fix this bug.
> > net: Make sure BHs are disabled in sock_prot_inuse_add()
> > The rule of calling sock_prot_inuse_add() is that BHs must
> > be disabled.  Some new calls were added where this was not
> > true and this tiggers warnings as reported by Ilpo.
> > Fix this by adding explicit BH disabling around those call sites.
> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> > ---
> >  net/netlink/af_netlink.c |    3 +++
> >  net/sctp/socket.c        |    4 ++++
> >  net/unix/af_unix.c       |    2 ++
> >  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> I believe some bits are missing
> 
> Ilpo report was about unix_create1() being preemptable for example

Thanks for catching that oversight, applied.
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