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Taehee Yoo says:
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net: core: fix a lockdep splat in the dev_addr_list.
This patchset is to avoid lockdep splat.
When a stacked interface graph is changed, netif_addr_lock() is called
recursively and it internally calls spin_lock_nested().
The parameter of spin_lock_nested() is 'dev->lower_level',
this is called subclass.
The problem of 'dev->lower_level' is that while 'dev->lower_level' is
being used as a subclass of spin_lock_nested(), its value can be changed.
So, spin_lock_nested() would be called recursively with the same
subclass value, the lockdep understands a deadlock.
In order to avoid this, a new variable is needed and it is going to be
used as a parameter of spin_lock_nested().
The first and second patch is a preparation patch for the third patch.
In the third patch, the problem will be fixed.
The first patch is to add __netdev_upper_dev_unlink().
An existed netdev_upper_dev_unlink() is renamed to
__netdev_upper_dev_unlink(). and netdev_upper_dev_unlink()
is added as an wrapper of this function.
The second patch is to add the netdev_nested_priv structure.
netdev_walk_all_{ upper | lower }_dev() pass both private functions
and "data" pointer to handle their own things.
At this point, the data pointer type is void *.
In order to make it easier to expand common variables and functions,
this new netdev_nested_priv structure is added.
The third patch is to add a new variable 'nested_level'
into the net_device structure.
This variable will be used as a parameter of spin_lock_nested() of
dev->addr_list_lock.
Due to this variable, it can avoid lockdep splat.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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