netdev - [PATCH net] bridge: fix lockdep splat

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Message-ID: <1432240109.4060.116.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 May 2015 13:28:29 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Dominick Grift <dac.override@...il.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] bridge: fix lockdep splat

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Following lockdep splat was reported :

[   29.382286] ===============================
[   29.382315] [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
[   29.382344] 4.1.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc23.x86_64 #1 Not tainted
[   29.382380] -------------------------------
[   29.382409] net/bridge/br_private.h:626 suspicious
rcu_dereference_check() usage!
[   29.382455]
               other info that might help us debug this:

[   29.382507]
               rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
[   29.382549] 2 locks held by swapper/0/0:
[   29.382576]  #0:  (((&p->forward_delay_timer))){+.-...}, at:
[<ffffffff81139f75>] call_timer_fn+0x5/0x4f0
[   29.382660]  #1:  (&(&br->lock)->rlock){+.-...}, at:
[<ffffffffa0450dc1>] br_forward_delay_timer_expired+0x31/0x140
[bridge]
[   29.382754]
               stack backtrace:
[   29.382787] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
4.1.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc23.x86_64 #1
[   29.382838] Hardware name: LENOVO 422916G/LENOVO, BIOS A1KT53AUS 04/07/2015
[   29.382882]  0000000000000000 3ebfc20364115825 ffff880666603c48
ffffffff81892d4b
[   29.382943]  0000000000000000 ffffffff81e124e0 ffff880666603c78
ffffffff8110bcd7
[   29.383004]  ffff8800785c9d00 ffff88065485ac58 ffff880c62002800
ffff880c5fc88ac0
[   29.383065] Call Trace:
[   29.383084]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff81892d4b>] dump_stack+0x4c/0x65
[   29.383130]  [<ffffffff8110bcd7>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xe7/0x120
[   29.383178]  [<ffffffffa04520f9>] br_fill_ifinfo+0x4a9/0x6a0 [bridge]
[   29.383225]  [<ffffffffa045266b>] br_ifinfo_notify+0x11b/0x4b0 [bridge]
[   29.383271]  [<ffffffffa0450d90>] ? br_hold_timer_expired+0x70/0x70 [bridge]
[   29.383320]  [<ffffffffa0450de8>]
br_forward_delay_timer_expired+0x58/0x140 [bridge]
[   29.383371]  [<ffffffffa0450d90>] ? br_hold_timer_expired+0x70/0x70 [bridge]
[   29.383416]  [<ffffffff8113a033>] call_timer_fn+0xc3/0x4f0
[   29.383454]  [<ffffffff81139f75>] ? call_timer_fn+0x5/0x4f0
[   29.383493]  [<ffffffff8110a90f>] ? lock_release_holdtime.part.29+0xf/0x200
[   29.383541]  [<ffffffffa0450d90>] ? br_hold_timer_expired+0x70/0x70 [bridge]
[   29.383587]  [<ffffffff8113a6a4>] run_timer_softirq+0x244/0x490
[   29.383629]  [<ffffffff810b68cc>] __do_softirq+0xec/0x670
[   29.383666]  [<ffffffff810b70d5>] irq_exit+0x145/0x150
[   29.383703]  [<ffffffff8189f506>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x46/0x60
[   29.383744]  [<ffffffff8189d523>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x73/0x80
[   29.383782]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff816f131f>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x5f/0x2f0
[   29.383832]  [<ffffffff816f131b>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x5b/0x2f0

Problem here is that br_forward_delay_timer_expired() is a timer
handler, calling br_ifinfo_notify() which assumes either rcu_read_lock()
or RTNL are held.

Simplest fix seems to add rcu read lock section.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Reported-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>
Reported-by: Dominick Grift <dac.override@...il.com>
Cc: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
---
 net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
index 4fcaa67750fda845ad0a180332c4cd96a9524086..7caf7fae2d5b8aa369b924e1c87a47c343fb8954 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ static void br_forward_delay_timer_expired(unsigned long arg)
 		netif_carrier_on(br->dev);
 	}
 	br_log_state(p);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, p);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	spin_unlock(&br->lock);
 }
 


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