netdev - [PATCH -net 1/2] bonding: fix store_arp

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Date:	Fri,  6 Sep 2013 21:41:57 +0200
From:	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...hat.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	fubar@...ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net, andy@...yhouse.net,
	mleitner@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH -net 1/2] bonding: fix store_arp_validate race with mode change

We need to protect store_arp_validate via rtnl because it can race with
mode changing and we can end up having arp_validate set in a mode
different from active-backup.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index ce46776..4e38683 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -419,27 +419,33 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_validate(struct device *d,
 					  struct device_attribute *attr,
 					  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	int new_value;
+	int new_value, ret = count;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
 	new_value = bond_parse_parm(buf, arp_validate_tbl);
 	if (new_value < 0) {
 		pr_err("%s: Ignoring invalid arp_validate value %s\n",
 		       bond->dev->name, buf);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	if (new_value && (bond->params.mode != BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)) {
 		pr_err("%s: arp_validate only supported in active-backup mode.\n",
 		       bond->dev->name);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	pr_info("%s: setting arp_validate to %s (%d).\n",
 		bond->dev->name, arp_validate_tbl[new_value].modename,
 		new_value);
 
 	bond->params.arp_validate = new_value;
+out:
+	rtnl_unlock();
 
-	return count;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(arp_validate, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, bonding_show_arp_validate,
-- 
1.8.1.4

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