llc: fix a device refcount imbalance
llc: fix a device refcount imbalance

Le dimanche 05 décembre 2010 à 12:23 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> Le dimanche 05 décembre 2010 à 09:19 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
>
> > Hmm..
> >
> > If somebody can explain why RTNL is held in arp_ioctl() (and therefore
> > in arp_req_delete()), we might first remove RTNL use in arp_ioctl() so
> > that your patch can be applied.
> >
> > Right now it is not good, because RTNL wont be necessarly held when you
> > are going to call arp_invalidate() ?
>
> While doing this analysis, I found a refcount bug in llc, I'll send a
> patch for net-2.6

Oh well, of course I must first fix the bug in net-2.6, and wait David
pull the fix in net-next-2.6 before sending this rcu conversion.

Note: this patch should be sent to stable teams (2.6.34 and up)

[PATCH net-2.6] llc: fix a device refcount imbalance

commit abf9d537fea225 (llc: add support for SO_BINDTODEVICE) added one
refcount imbalance in llc_ui_bind(), because dev_getbyhwaddr() doesnt
take a reference on device, while dev_get_by_index() does.

Fix this using RCU locking. And since an RCU conversion will be done for
2.6.38 for dev_getbyhwaddr(), put the rcu_read_lock/unlock exactly at
their final place.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <a0baddf32b28d2f9429941ed4af2fe636e210591@gmail.com>
Cc: 4fbacc2fa0ffdbb11bf1ad6925b886ebd08dd15f@kernel.org
Cc: Octavian Purdila <91308da0bf7e40e0a8ed5b7ced492510cbb48f46@ixiacom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <fe08d3c717adf2ae63592e4c9aec6e3e404d8e3e@davemloft.net>

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