From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> After Jesper commit back in linux-3.18, we trigger a lockdep splat in proc_create_data() while allocating memory from pktgen_change_name().
This patch converts t->if_lock to a mutex, since it is now only used from control path, and adds proper locking to pktgen_change_name() 1) pktgen_thread_lock to protect the outer loop (iterating threads) 2) t->if_lock to protect the inner loop (iterating devices) Note that before Jesper patch, pktgen_change_name() was lacking proper protection, but lockdep was not able to detect the problem. Fixes: 8788370a1d4b ("pktgen: RCU-ify "if_list" to remove lock in next_to_run()") Reported-by: John Sperbeck <jsperb...@google.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <bro...@redhat.com> --- net/core/pktgen.c | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c index 5219a9e2127a..306b8f0e03c1 100644 --- a/net/core/pktgen.c +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c @@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ #define M_QUEUE_XMIT 2 /* Inject packet into qdisc */ /* If lock -- protects updating of if_list */ -#define if_lock(t) spin_lock(&(t->if_lock)); -#define if_unlock(t) spin_unlock(&(t->if_lock)); +#define if_lock(t) mutex_lock(&(t->if_lock)); +#define if_unlock(t) mutex_unlock(&(t->if_lock)); /* Used to help with determining the pkts on receive */ #define PKTGEN_MAGIC 0xbe9be955 @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ struct pktgen_net { }; struct pktgen_thread { - spinlock_t if_lock; /* for list of devices */ + struct mutex if_lock; /* for list of devices */ struct list_head if_list; /* All device here */ struct list_head th_list; struct task_struct *tsk; @@ -2010,11 +2010,13 @@ static void pktgen_change_name(const struct pktgen_net *pn, struct net_device *d { struct pktgen_thread *t; + mutex_lock(&pktgen_thread_lock); + list_for_each_entry(t, &pn->pktgen_threads, th_list) { struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev; - rcu_read_lock(); - list_for_each_entry_rcu(pkt_dev, &t->if_list, list) { + if_lock(t); + list_for_each_entry(pkt_dev, &t->if_list, list) { if (pkt_dev->odev != dev) continue; @@ -2029,8 +2031,9 @@ static void pktgen_change_name(const struct pktgen_net *pn, struct net_device *d dev->name); break; } - rcu_read_unlock(); + if_unlock(t); } + mutex_unlock(&pktgen_thread_lock); } static int pktgen_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, @@ -3762,7 +3765,7 @@ static int __net_init pktgen_create_thread(int cpu, struct pktgen_net *pn) return -ENOMEM; } - spin_lock_init(&t->if_lock); + mutex_init(&t->if_lock); t->cpu = cpu; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&t->if_list);