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Merge tag 'batman-adv-fix-for-davem' of git://git.open-mesh.org/linux-merge

Included changes:
- fix global protection fault by avoiding double call_rcu

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
David S. Miller 12 years ago
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3 changed files with 23 additions and 1 deletions
  1. 16 0
      net/batman-adv/originator.c
  2. 1 0
      net/batman-adv/originator.h
  3. 6 1
      net/batman-adv/translation-table.c

+ 16 - 0
net/batman-adv/originator.c

@@ -156,12 +156,28 @@ static void batadv_orig_node_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 	kfree(orig_node);
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_orig_node_free_ref - decrement the orig node refcounter and possibly
+ * schedule an rcu callback for freeing it
+ * @orig_node: the orig node to free
+ */
 void batadv_orig_node_free_ref(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&orig_node->refcount))
 		call_rcu(&orig_node->rcu, batadv_orig_node_free_rcu);
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_orig_node_free_ref_now - decrement the orig node refcounter and
+ * possibly free it (without rcu callback)
+ * @orig_node: the orig node to free
+ */
+void batadv_orig_node_free_ref_now(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&orig_node->refcount))
+		batadv_orig_node_free_rcu(&orig_node->rcu);
+}
+
 void batadv_originator_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 {
 	struct batadv_hashtable *hash = bat_priv->orig_hash;

+ 1 - 0
net/batman-adv/originator.h

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ int batadv_originator_init(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
 void batadv_originator_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
 void batadv_purge_orig_ref(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
 void batadv_orig_node_free_ref(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node);
+void batadv_orig_node_free_ref_now(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node);
 struct batadv_orig_node *batadv_get_orig_node(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 					      const uint8_t *addr);
 struct batadv_neigh_node *

+ 6 - 1
net/batman-adv/translation-table.c

@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ static void batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 	struct batadv_tt_orig_list_entry *orig_entry;
 
 	orig_entry = container_of(rcu, struct batadv_tt_orig_list_entry, rcu);
-	batadv_orig_node_free_ref(orig_entry->orig_node);
+
+	/* We are in an rcu callback here, therefore we cannot use
+	 * batadv_orig_node_free_ref() and its call_rcu():
+	 * An rcu_barrier() wouldn't wait for that to finish
+	 */
+	batadv_orig_node_free_ref_now(orig_entry->orig_node);
 	kfree(orig_entry);
 }