From b325fddb7f869e6c95a88dc6573220f162e5b89f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:55:31 +0000 Subject: ipv6: Fix sysctl unregistration deadlock Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'net') diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index f9afb452249c..40fabdee42ae 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c @@ -493,15 +493,17 @@ static void addrconf_forward_change(struct net *net, __s32 newf) read_unlock(&dev_base_lock); } -static void addrconf_fixup_forwarding(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int old) +static int addrconf_fixup_forwarding(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int old) { struct net *net; net = (struct net *)table->extra2; if (p == &net->ipv6.devconf_dflt->forwarding) - return; + return 0; + + if (!rtnl_trylock()) + return -ERESTARTSYS; - rtnl_lock(); if (p == &net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding) { __s32 newf = net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding; net->ipv6.devconf_dflt->forwarding = newf; @@ -512,6 +514,7 @@ static void addrconf_fixup_forwarding(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int old) if (*p) rt6_purge_dflt_routers(net); + return 1; } #endif @@ -3983,7 +3986,7 @@ int addrconf_sysctl_forward(ctl_table *ctl, int write, struct file * filp, ret = proc_dointvec(ctl, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos); if (write) - addrconf_fixup_forwarding(ctl, valp, val); + ret = addrconf_fixup_forwarding(ctl, valp, val); return ret; } @@ -4019,8 +4022,7 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_forward_strategy(ctl_table *table, } *valp = new; - addrconf_fixup_forwarding(table, valp, val); - return 1; + return addrconf_fixup_forwarding(table, valp, val); } static struct addrconf_sysctl_table -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151