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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] [RFC] ipv6: Fix for possible ipv6 seqlock deadlock
On 09/26/2013 10:47 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:
>
>> On 09/26/2013 12:30 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 11:34 -0700, John Stultz wrote:
>>>> While enabling lockdep on seqlocks, I ran accross the warning below
>>>> caused by the ipv6 stats being updated in both irq and non-irq context.
>>>>
>>>> This is a novice attempt to correct the issue, and with this patch
>>>> the warning goes away. Any better solutions would be appreciated!
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> out_err_release:
>>>> - if (err == -ENETUNREACH)
>>>> + if (err == -ENETUNREACH) {
>>>> + unsigned long flags;
>>>> + /* some of the stats are locked in irq context */
>>>> + local_irq_save(flags);
>>>> IP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, NULL, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES);
>>>> + local_irq_restore(flags);
>>>> + }
>>>> dst_release(*dst);
>>>> *dst = NULL;
>>>> return err;
>>> You better change IP6_INC_STATS_BH() to IP6_INC_STATS()
>>>
>>> On x86 for example, no extra code will be generated (no need to disable
>>> hard or soft irqs)
>> Ah, thanks! Verified it resolves the warning as well, so I've changed my
>> patch to use your suggestion.
> Btw., is this a deadlock that could occur upstream? If yes then adding a
> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> tag might be warranted.

It seems as such, so I'll add stable on my next submission.

thanks
-john



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