netdev - Re: [Patch net] net: use for_each_netdev_safe() in rtnl_group

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Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:35:52 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch net] net: use for_each_netdev_safe() in
 rtnl_group_changelink()

On Mon, 2015-03-23 at 16:31 -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> In case we move the whole dev group to another netns,
> we should call for_each_netdev_safe(), otherwise we get
> a soft lockup:


> 
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> index ee0608b..7ebed55 100644
> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> @@ -1932,10 +1932,10 @@ static int rtnl_group_changelink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
>  		struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
>  		struct nlattr **tb)
>  {
> -	struct net_device *dev;
> +	struct net_device *dev, *aux;
>  	int err;
>  
> -	for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
> +	for_each_netdev_safe(net, dev, aux) {
>  		if (dev->group == group) {
>  			err = do_setlink(skb, dev, ifm, tb, NULL, 0);
>  			if (err < 0)

It seems this bug was added in commit e7ed828f10bd8, right ?

Fixes: e7ed828f10bd8 ("netlink: support setting devgroup parameters")

Thanks.


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