netdev - Re: sctp: hang in sctp_remaddr_seq

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Message-ID: <5147333A.3010907@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:31:06 -0400
From:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>, sri@...ibm.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sctp: hang in sctp_remaddr_seq_show

On 03/18/2013 11:25 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 07:04 -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure why the process would never get back to the schedule, but looking
>> at the sctp_remaddr_seq_show function, I think that we should convert this
>> sequence:
>> 	sctp_local_bh_disable();
>> 	read_lock(&head->lock);
>> 	rcu_read_lock();
>>
>> to this:
>> 	read_lock(&head->lock);
>> 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
>>
>> Neil
>
> I dont think so.
>
> BH needs to be disabled before read_lock(&head->lock);
>
> or else, write_lock() could deadlock (assuming it can be called from BH)
>
>

If anything, this should probably be done like this:

rcu_read_lock();
read_lock_bh(&head->lock)
...

read_unlock_bh(&head->lock)
rcu_read_unlock();

-vlad
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