netdev - Re: [Patch net v2] ipv6: fix a potential deadlock in do_ipv6

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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:29:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        sploving1@...il.com, marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Subject: Re: [Patch net v2] ipv6: fix a potential deadlock in
 do_ipv6_setsockopt()

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:35:12 -0700

> Baozeng reported this deadlock case:
> 
>        CPU0                    CPU1
>        ----                    ----
>   lock([  165.136033] sk_lock-AF_INET6);
>                                lock([  165.136033] rtnl_mutex);
>                                lock([  165.136033] sk_lock-AF_INET6);
>   lock([  165.136033] rtnl_mutex);
> 
> Similar to commit 87e9f0315952
> ("ipv4: fix a potential deadlock in mcast getsockopt() path")
> this is due to we still have a case, ipv6_sock_mc_close(),
> where we acquire sk_lock before rtnl_lock. Close this deadlock
> with the similar solution, that is always acquire rtnl lock first.
> 
> Fixes: baf606d9c9b1 ("ipv4,ipv6: grab rtnl before locking the socket")
> Reported-by: Baozeng Ding <sploving1@...il.com>
> Tested-by: Baozeng Ding <sploving1@...il.com>
> Cc: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.