From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix possible deadlock in sum_frag_mem_limit Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:14:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20130222.151420.1087260069127274940.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20130222171343.GB27619@redhat.com> <1361555015.3683.14.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: davej@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, brouer@redhat.com To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:46855 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757276Ab3BVUOX (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:14:23 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1361555015.3683.14.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:43:35 -0800 > From: Eric Dumazet > > Dave Jones reported a lockdep splat occurring in IP defrag code. > > commit 6d7b857d541ecd1d (net: use lib/percpu_counter API for > fragmentation mem accounting) added a possible deadlock. > > Because percpu_counter_sum_positive() needs to acquire > a lock that can be used from softirq, we need to disable BH > in sum_frag_mem_limit() > > Reported-by: Dave Jones > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet > Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Applied.