Re: [PATCH 4/4] [RFC] ipv6: Fix for possible ipv6 seqlock deadlock

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:

> On 09/26/2013 12:30 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 11:34 -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> >> While enabling lockdep on seqlocks, I ran accross the warning below
> >> caused by the ipv6 stats being updated in both irq and non-irq context.
> >>
> >> This is a novice attempt to correct the issue, and with this patch
> >> the warning goes away. Any better solutions would be appreciated!
> > ...
> >
> >>  
> >>  out_err_release:
> >> -	if (err == -ENETUNREACH)
> >> +	if (err == -ENETUNREACH) {
> >> +		unsigned long flags;
> >> +		/* some of the stats are locked in irq context */
> >> +		local_irq_save(flags);
> >>  		IP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, NULL, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES);
> >> +		local_irq_restore(flags);
> >> +	}
> >>  	dst_release(*dst);
> >>  	*dst = NULL;
> >>  	return err;
> > You better change IP6_INC_STATS_BH() to IP6_INC_STATS()
> >
> > On x86 for example, no extra code will be generated (no need to disable
> > hard or soft irqs)
> 
> Ah, thanks! Verified it resolves the warning as well, so I've changed my
> patch to use your suggestion.

Btw., is this a deadlock that could occur upstream? If yes then adding a 
Cc: <stable@kernel.org> tag might be warranted.

Thanks,

	Ingo