1. 12 2月, 2013 1 次提交
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      netpoll: Fix __netpoll_rcu_free so that it can hold the rtnl lock · 2cde6acd
      Neil Horman 提交于
      __netpoll_rcu_free is used to free netpoll structures when the rtnl_lock is
      already held.  The mechanism is used to asynchronously call __netpoll_cleanup
      outside of the holding of the rtnl_lock, so as to avoid deadlock.
      Unfortunately, __netpoll_cleanup modifies pointers (dev->np), which means the
      rtnl_lock must be held while calling it.  Further, it cannot be held, because
      rcu callbacks may be issued in softirq contexts, which cannot sleep.
      
      Fix this by converting the rcu callback to a work queue that is guaranteed to
      get scheduled in process context, so that we can hold the rtnl properly while
      calling __netpoll_cleanup
      
      Tested successfully by myself.
      Signed-off-by: NNeil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
      CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
      CC: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
      CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      2cde6acd
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