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Subject[PATCH 4.9 22/51] ipv6: addrconf: Avoid addrconf_disable_change() using RCU read-side lock
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4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>


[ Upstream commit 03e4deff4987f79c34112c5ba4eb195d4f9382b0 ]

Just like commit 4acd4945cd1e ("ipv6: addrconf: Avoid calling
netdevice notifiers with RCU read-side lock"), it is unnecessary
to make addrconf_disable_change() use RCU iteration over the
netdev list, since it already holds the RTNL lock, or we may meet
Illegal context switch in RCU read-side critical section.

Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5515,8 +5515,7 @@ static void addrconf_disable_change(stru
struct net_device *dev;
struct inet6_dev *idev;

- rcu_read_lock();
- for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev) {
+ for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
if (idev) {
int changed = (!idev->cnf.disable_ipv6) ^ (!newf);
@@ -5525,7 +5524,6 @@ static void addrconf_disable_change(stru
dev_disable_change(idev);
}
}
- rcu_read_unlock();
}

static int addrconf_disable_ipv6(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int newf)

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