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[for-next,05/12] IB/ipoib: Grab rtnl lock on heavy flush when calling ndo_open/stop

Message ID 20171014184827.18491-6-saeedm@mellanox.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Series [for-next,01/12] net/mlx5: File renaming towards ptp core implementation | expand

Commit Message

Saeed Mahameed Oct. 14, 2017, 6:48 p.m. UTC 
From: Alex Vesker <valex@mellanox.com>

When ndo_open and ndo_stop are called RTNL lock should be held.
In this specific case ipoib_ib_dev_open calls the offloaded ndo_open
which re-sets the number of TX queue assuming RTNL lock is held.
Since RTNL lock is not held, RTNL assert will fail.

Signed-off-by: Alex Vesker <valex@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
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 drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
index 6cd61638b441..c97384c914a4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
@@ -1203,10 +1203,15 @@  static void __ipoib_ib_dev_flush(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv,
 		ipoib_ib_dev_down(dev);
 
 	if (level == IPOIB_FLUSH_HEAVY) {
+		rtnl_lock();
 		if (test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_INITIALIZED, &priv->flags))
 			ipoib_ib_dev_stop(dev);
-		if (ipoib_ib_dev_open(dev) != 0)
+
+		result = ipoib_ib_dev_open(dev);
+		rtnl_unlock();
+		if (result)
 			return;
+
 		if (netif_queue_stopped(dev))
 			netif_start_queue(dev);
 	}