Forget earlier patch, it is wrong...
The stp change code generates "sleeping function called from invalid context"
because rtnl_lock() called with BH disabled. This fixes it by not acquiring then
dropping the bridge lock.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c 2007-08-06 09:26:48.000000000 +0100
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c 2007-08-14 14:29:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -147,20 +147,26 @@ static ssize_t show_stp_state(struct dev
return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", br->stp_enabled);
}
-static void set_stp_state(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
-{
- rtnl_lock();
- spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
- br_stp_set_enabled(br, val);
- spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
- rtnl_unlock();
-}
static ssize_t store_stp_state(struct device *d,
struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
size_t len)
{
- return store_bridge_parm(d, buf, len, set_stp_state);
+ struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(d);
+ char *endp;
+ unsigned long val;
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ val = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
+ if (endp == buf)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ rtnl_lock();
+ br_stp_set_enabled(br, val);
+ rtnl_unlock();
+
}
static DEVICE_ATTR(stp_state, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_stp_state,
store_stp_state);
-
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