Re: [PATCH] vsock: Make transport the proto owner

[Andy King <acking@vmware.com>]

Oh just shoot me now, doesn't even pass checkpatch *hangs head in shame*
Dave/Greg, flame away if you like...

- Andy

----- Original Message -----
> Right now the core vsock module is the owner of the proto family. This
> means there's nothing preventing the transport module from unloading if
> there are open sockets, which results in a panic. Fix that by allowing
> the transport to be the owner, which will refcount it properly.
> 
> Includes version bump to 1.0.1.0-k
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy King <acking@vmware.com>
> ---
>  include/net/af_vsock.h   |    6 +++++-
>  net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c |   46
>  +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/af_vsock.h b/include/net/af_vsock.h
> index 7d64d36..8f02e5c 100644
> --- a/include/net/af_vsock.h
> +++ b/include/net/af_vsock.h
> @@ -155,7 +155,11 @@ struct vsock_transport {
>  
>  /**** CORE ****/
>  
> -int vsock_core_init(const struct vsock_transport *t);
> +int __vsock_core_init(const struct vsock_transport *t, struct module
> *owner);
> +static inline int vsock_core_init(const struct vsock_transport *t)
> +{
> +   return __vsock_core_init(t, THIS_MODULE);
> +}
>  void vsock_core_exit(void);
>  
>  /**** UTILS ****/
> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
> index 5adfd94..5743553 100644
> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
> @@ -1925,9 +1925,22 @@ static struct miscdevice vsock_device = {
>  	.fops		= &vsock_device_ops,
>  };
>  
> -static int __vsock_core_init(void)
> +int __vsock_core_init(const struct vsock_transport *t, struct module *owner)
>  {
> -	int err;
> +	int err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&vsock_register_mutex);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	if (transport) {
> +		err = -EBUSY;
> +		goto err_busy;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Transport must be the owner of the protocol so that it can't
> +	 * unload while there are open sockets.
> +	 */
> +	vsock_proto.owner = owner;
> +	transport = t;
>  
>  	vsock_init_tables();
>  
> @@ -1951,36 +1964,19 @@ static int __vsock_core_init(void)
>  		goto err_unregister_proto;
>  	}
>  
> +	mutex_unlock(&vsock_register_mutex);
>  	return 0;
>  
>  err_unregister_proto:
>  	proto_unregister(&vsock_proto);
>  err_misc_deregister:
>  	misc_deregister(&vsock_device);
> -	return err;
> -}
> -
> -int vsock_core_init(const struct vsock_transport *t)
> -{
> -	int retval = mutex_lock_interruptible(&vsock_register_mutex);
> -	if (retval)
> -		return retval;
> -
> -	if (transport) {
> -		retval = -EBUSY;
> -		goto out;
> -	}
> -
> -	transport = t;
> -	retval = __vsock_core_init();
> -	if (retval)
> -		transport = NULL;
> -
> -out:
> +	transport = NULL;
> +err_busy:
>  	mutex_unlock(&vsock_register_mutex);
> -	return retval;
> +	return err;
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vsock_core_init);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vsock_core_init);
>  
>  void vsock_core_exit(void)
>  {
> @@ -2000,5 +1996,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vsock_core_exit);
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("VMware, Inc.");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VMware Virtual Socket Family");
> -MODULE_VERSION("1.0.0.0-k");
> +MODULE_VERSION("1.0.1.0-k");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> --
> 1.7.4.1
>