[B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/9] batman-adv: Introduce if_list_lock to protect if_list

The update critical sections of if_list must be protected by a locking primitive other than RCU. The iterator must also be protected by the chosen locking mechanism. The rtnl_lock in hardif_remove_interfaces must also be moved outside the iterator primitive to ensure that we don't deadlock the kernel due to differently nested locks in hardif_remove_interfaces and hard_if_event. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann &lt;sven.eckelmann(a)gmx.de&gt; --- batman-adv/hard-interface.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/batman-adv/hard-interface.c index edbfddf..3cd7cb1 100644 --- a/batman-adv/hard-interface.c +++ b/batman-adv/hard-interface.c @@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ #define MIN(x, y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y)) +/* protect update critical side of if_list - but not the content */ +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(if_list_lock); + struct batman_if *get_batman_if_by_netdev(struct net_device *net_dev) { struct batman_if *batman_if; @@ -402,7 +405,11 @@ static struct batman_if *hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&batman_if->list); check_known_mac_addr(batman_if->net_dev->dev_addr); + + spin_lock(&if_list_lock); list_add_tail_rcu(&batman_if->list, &if_list); + spin_unlock(&if_list_lock); + return batman_if; free_if: @@ -430,6 +437,8 @@ static void hardif_remove_interface(struct batman_if *batman_if) return; batman_if->if_status = IF_TO_BE_REMOVED; + + /* caller must take if_list_lock */ list_del_rcu(&batman_if->list); sysfs_del_hardif(&batman_if->hardif_obj); dev_put(batman_if->net_dev); @@ -440,11 +449,13 @@ void hardif_remove_interfaces(void) { struct batman_if *batman_if, *batman_if_tmp; + rtnl_lock(); + spin_lock(&if_list_lock); list_for_each_entry_safe(batman_if, batman_if_tmp, &if_list, list) { - rtnl_lock(); hardif_remove_interface(batman_if); - rtnl_unlock(); } + spin_unlock(&if_list_lock); + rtnl_unlock(); } static int hard_if_event(struct notifier_block *this, @@ -469,7 +480,9 @@ static int hard_if_event(struct notifier_block *this, hardif_deactivate_interface(batman_if); break; case NETDEV_UNREGISTER: + spin_lock(&if_list_lock); hardif_remove_interface(batman_if); + spin_unlock(&if_list_lock); break; case NETDEV_CHANGEMTU: if (batman_if->soft_iface) -- 1.7.2.3