netdev - [PATCH net] net: avoid weird emergency message

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Message-Id: <20190516150957.217157-1-edumazet@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 May 2019 08:09:57 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: avoid weird emergency message

When host is under high stress, it is very possible thread
running netdev_wait_allrefs() returns from msleep(250)
10 seconds late.

This leads to these messages in the syslog :

[...] unregister_netdevice: waiting for syz_tun to become free. Usage count = 0

If the device refcount is zero, the wait is over.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 108ac8137b9be8bc7041b3e49e09c25eeb891d8f..b6b8505cfb3e2394f74b41b8e01055c697ad384b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -8927,7 +8927,7 @@ static void netdev_wait_allrefs(struct net_device *dev)
 
 		refcnt = netdev_refcnt_read(dev);
 
-		if (time_after(jiffies, warning_time + 10 * HZ)) {
+		if (refcnt && time_after(jiffies, warning_time + 10 * HZ)) {
 			pr_emerg("unregister_netdevice: waiting for %s to become free. Usage count = %d\n",
 				 dev->name, refcnt);
 			warning_time = jiffies;
-- 
2.21.0.1020.gf2820cf01a-goog