NET: Fix race in dev_close(). (Bug 9750)
authorMatti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com>
Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:42:41 +0000 (14:42 -0800)
committerChris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:47:06 +0000 (11:47 -0700)
commit430ff1d0b6e50d7665baf3d8dc1ef83d3295c9ad
treee9be63db81c39d29d179c0376cfb5463e318933b
parent53a8bf30f67d9a10e1b8e0adfed889d3a5694813
NET: Fix race in dev_close(). (Bug 9750)

Upstream commit: d8b2a4d21e0b37b9669b202867bfef19f68f786a

There is a race in Linux kernel file net/core/dev.c, function dev_close.
The function calls function dev_deactivate, which calls function
dev_watchdog_down that deletes the watchdog timer. However, after that, a
driver can call netif_carrier_ok, which calls function
__netdev_watchdog_up that can add the watchdog timer again. Function
unregister_netdevice calls function dev_shutdown that traps the bug
!timer_pending(&dev->watchdog_timer). Moving dev_deactivate after
netif_running() has been cleared prevents function netif_carrier_on
from calling __netdev_watchdog_up and adding the watchdog timer again.

Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
net/core/dev.c