3.16.60-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Guillaume Nault g.nault@alphalink.fr
commit 58a89ecaca53736aa465170530acea4f8be34ab4 upstream.
ppp_dev_uninit() locks all_ppp_mutex while under rtnl mutex protection. ppp_create_interface() must then lock these mutexes in that same order to avoid possible deadlock.
[ 120.880011] ====================================================== [ 120.880011] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] [ 120.880011] 4.2.0 #1 Not tainted [ 120.880011] ------------------------------------------------------- [ 120.880011] ppp-apitest/15827 is trying to acquire lock: [ 120.880011] (&pn->all_ppp_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa0145f56>] ppp_dev_uninit+0x64/0xb0 [ppp_generic] [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] but task is already holding lock: [ 120.880011] (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff812e4255>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x14 [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] which lock already depends on the new lock. [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] -> #1 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}: [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff81073a6f>] lock_acquire+0xcf/0x10e [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff813ab18a>] mutex_lock_nested+0x56/0x341 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff812e4255>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x14 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff812d9d94>] register_netdev+0x11/0x27 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffffa0147b17>] ppp_ioctl+0x289/0xc98 [ppp_generic] [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff8113b367>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x4ea/0x532 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff8113b3fd>] SyS_ioctl+0x4e/0x7d [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff813ad7d7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x6f [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] -> #0 (&pn->all_ppp_mutex){+.+.+.}: [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff8107334e>] __lock_acquire+0xb07/0xe76 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff81073a6f>] lock_acquire+0xcf/0x10e [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff813ab18a>] mutex_lock_nested+0x56/0x341 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffffa0145f56>] ppp_dev_uninit+0x64/0xb0 [ppp_generic] [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff812d5263>] rollback_registered_many+0x19e/0x252 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff812d5381>] rollback_registered+0x29/0x38 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff812d53fa>] unregister_netdevice_queue+0x6a/0x77 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffffa0146a94>] ppp_release+0x42/0x79 [ppp_generic] [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff8112d9f6>] __fput+0xec/0x192 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff8112dacc>] ____fput+0x9/0xb [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff8105447a>] task_work_run+0x66/0x80 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff81001801>] prepare_exit_to_usermode+0x8c/0xa7 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff81001900>] syscall_return_slowpath+0xe4/0x104 [ 120.880011] [<ffffffff813ad931>] int_ret_from_sys_call+0x25/0x9f [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] other info that might help us debug this: [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] CPU0 CPU1 [ 120.880011] ---- ---- [ 120.880011] lock(rtnl_mutex); [ 120.880011] lock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex); [ 120.880011] lock(rtnl_mutex); [ 120.880011] lock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex); [ 120.880011] [ 120.880011] *** DEADLOCK ***
Fixes: 8cb775bc0a34 ("ppp: fix device unregistration upon netns deletion") Reported-by: Sedat Dilek sedat.dilek@gmail.com Tested-by: Sedat Dilek sedat.dilek@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault g.nault@alphalink.fr Signed-off-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk --- drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c @@ -2736,6 +2736,7 @@ static struct ppp *ppp_create_interface( */ dev_net_set(dev, net);
+ rtnl_lock(); mutex_lock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex);
if (unit < 0) { @@ -2766,7 +2767,7 @@ static struct ppp *ppp_create_interface( ppp->file.index = unit; sprintf(dev->name, "ppp%d", unit);
- ret = register_netdev(dev); + ret = register_netdevice(dev); if (ret != 0) { unit_put(&pn->units_idr, unit); netdev_err(ppp->dev, "PPP: couldn't register device %s (%d)\n", @@ -2778,6 +2779,7 @@ static struct ppp *ppp_create_interface(
atomic_inc(&ppp_unit_count); mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex); + rtnl_unlock();
*retp = 0; return ppp;