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net: Fix dev_mc_add()

Message ID 1268197748.2872.129.camel@edumazet-laptop
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Eric Dumazet March 10, 2010, 5:09 a.m. UTC
Commit 6e17d45a (net: add addr len check to dev_mc_add)
added a bug in dev_mc_add(), since it can now exit with a lock
imbalance.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
CC: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
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David Miller March 10, 2010, 3:34 p.m. UTC | #1
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:09:08 +0100

> Commit 6e17d45a (net: add addr len check to dev_mc_add)
> added a bug in dev_mc_add(), since it can now exit with a lock
> imbalance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> CC: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>

Applied.
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Patch

diff --git a/net/core/dev_mcast.c b/net/core/dev_mcast.c
index fd91569..3dc295b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_mcast.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_mcast.c
@@ -97,8 +97,9 @@  int dev_mc_add(struct net_device *dev, void *addr, int alen, int glbl)
 
 	netif_addr_lock_bh(dev);
 	if (alen != dev->addr_len)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	err = __dev_addr_add(&dev->mc_list, &dev->mc_count, addr, alen, glbl);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+	else
+		err = __dev_addr_add(&dev->mc_list, &dev->mc_count, addr, alen, glbl);
 	if (!err)
 		__dev_set_rx_mode(dev);
 	netif_addr_unlock_bh(dev);