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ipv6: some ipv6 statistic counters failed to disable bh

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After commit c15b1ccadb ("ipv6: move DAD and addrconf_verify
processing to workqueue") some counters are now updated in process context
and thus need to disable bh before doing so, otherwise deadlocks can
happen on 32-bit archs. Fabio Estevam noticed this while while mounting
a NFS volume on an ARM board.

As a compensation for missing this I looked after the other *_STATS_BH
and found three other calls which need updating:

1) icmp6_send: ip6_fragment -> icmpv6_send -> icmp6_send (error handling)
2) ip6_push_pending_frames: rawv6_sendmsg -> rawv6_push_pending_frames -> ...
   (only in case of icmp protocol with raw sockets in error handling)
3) ping6_v6_sendmsg (error handling)

Fixes: c15b1ccadb ("ipv6: move DAD and addrconf_verify processing to workqueue")
Reported-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Hannes Frederic Sowa 2014-03-31 20:14:10 +02:00 • committed by David S. Miller
parent 44934fac21
commit 43a43b6040
4 changed files with 11 additions and 10 deletions
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net/ipv6/mcast.c
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@ -1620,11 +1620,12 @@ static void mld_sendpack(struct sk_buff *skb)
dst_output);
out:
if (!err) {
ICMP6MSGOUT_INC_STATS_BH(net, idev, ICMPV6_MLD2_REPORT);
ICMP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, idev, ICMP6_MIB_OUTMSGS);
IP6_UPD_PO_STATS_BH(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTMCAST, payload_len);
} else
IP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
ICMP6MSGOUT_INC_STATS(net, idev, ICMPV6_MLD2_REPORT);
ICMP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, ICMP6_MIB_OUTMSGS);
IP6_UPD_PO_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTMCAST, payload_len);
} else {
IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
return;