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    Subject[PATCH 4.4 14/20] ipv6: addrconf: Avoid addrconf_disable_change() using RCU read-side lock
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    4.4-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
    @@ -5244,8 +5244,7 @@ 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);
    @@ -5254,7 +5253,6 @@ 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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