2008-05-06 14:54:27

by Pavel Emelyanov

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Subject: [PATCH 3/4][MAC80211]: Fix potential scheduling while atomic in mesh_path_add.

Calling synchronize_rcu() under write-lock-ed pathtbl_resize_lock may
result in this warning (and other side effects).

It looks safe just dropping this lock before calling synchronize_rcu.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <[email protected]>

---
net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
index 1d2d051..99c2d36 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
@@ -220,9 +220,10 @@ endadd:
return -ENOMEM;
}
rcu_assign_pointer(mesh_paths, newtbl);
+ write_unlock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
+
synchronize_rcu();
mesh_table_free(oldtbl, false);
- write_unlock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
}
endadd2:
return err;
--
1.5.3.4