[RTNETLINK]: Hold rtnl_mutex during netlink dump callbacks

Hold rtnl_mutex during the entire netlink dump operation. This allows
to simplify locking in the dump callbacks, since they can now rely on
that no concurrent changes happen.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 648a7b6..62f5c7f 100644 (file)
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
        int min_len;
        int family;
        int type;
+       int err;
 
        type = nlh->nlmsg_type;
        if (type > RTM_MAX)
@@ -887,7 +888,10 @@ static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
                if (dumpit == NULL)
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-               return netlink_dump_start(rtnl, skb, nlh, dumpit, NULL);
+               __rtnl_unlock();
+               err = netlink_dump_start(rtnl, skb, nlh, dumpit, NULL);
+               rtnl_lock();
+               return err;
        }
 
        memset(rta_buf, 0, (rtattr_max * sizeof(struct rtattr *)));
@@ -972,7 +976,7 @@ void __init rtnetlink_init(void)
                panic("rtnetlink_init: cannot allocate rta_buf\n");
 
        rtnl = netlink_kernel_create(NETLINK_ROUTE, RTNLGRP_MAX, rtnetlink_rcv,
-                                    NULL, THIS_MODULE);
+                                    &rtnl_mutex, THIS_MODULE);
        if (rtnl == NULL)
                panic("rtnetlink_init: cannot initialize rtnetlink\n");
        netlink_set_nonroot(NETLINK_ROUTE, NL_NONROOT_RECV);