net: Handle NETREG_UNINITIALIZED devices correctly
authorKrishna Kumar <krkumar2@in.ibm.com>
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:26:02 +0000 (22:26 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:11:45 +0000 (15:11 -0800)
Fix two problems:

1. If unregister_netdevice_many() is called with both registered
   and unregistered devices, rollback_registered_many() bails out
   when it reaches the first unregistered device. The processing
   of the prior registered devices is unfinished, and the
   remaining devices are skipped, and possible registered netdev's
   are leaked/unregistered.

2. System hangs or panics depending on how the devices are passed,
   since when netdev_run_todo() runs, some devices were not fully
   processed.

Tested by passing intermingled unregistered and registered vlan
devices to unregister_netdevice_many() as follows:
1. dev, fake_dev1, fake_dev2: hangs in run_todo
   ("unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth1.100 to become
    free. Usage count = 1")
2. fake_dev1, dev, fake_dev2: failure during de-registration
   and next registration, followed by a vlan driver Oops
   during subsequent registration.

Confirmed that the patch fixes both cases.

Signed-off-by: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@in.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/dev.c

index c36a17a..6fe7d73 100644 (file)
@@ -4771,21 +4771,23 @@ static void net_set_todo(struct net_device *dev)
 
 static void rollback_registered_many(struct list_head *head)
 {
-       struct net_device *dev;
+       struct net_device *dev, *tmp;
 
        BUG_ON(dev_boot_phase);
        ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-       list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list) {
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, head, unreg_list) {
                /* Some devices call without registering
-                * for initialization unwind.
+                * for initialization unwind. Remove those
+                * devices and proceed with the remaining.
                 */
                if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) {
                        pr_debug("unregister_netdevice: device %s/%p never "
                                 "was registered\n", dev->name, dev);
 
                        WARN_ON(1);
-                       return;
+                       list_del(&dev->unreg_list);
+                       continue;
                }
 
                BUG_ON(dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED);