netdev - Re: [-next] fib_dump_info() suspicious RCU usage

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Message-ID: <20150626142447.GV588@gospo.home.greyhouse.net>
Date:	Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:24:48 -0400
From:	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Cc:	Dinesh Dutt <ddutt@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [-next] fib_dump_info() suspicious RCU usage

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 06:35:40PM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Since 0eeb075fad736 ('net: ipv4 sysctl option to ignore routes when nexthop
> link is down') fib_dump_info() and fib_sync_up() are using __in_dev_get_rcu(),
> which requires (missing) RCU read side protection.

Yep, I can reproduce this now.  Thanks for reporting.

I'll take a look and should be able to post an easy fix quickly.
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