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addrconf_ifdown() removes elements from the idev->addr_list without holding the idev->lock. If this happens while the loop in __ipv6_dev_get_saddr() is handling the same element, that function ends up in an infinite loop: NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 23s! [test:1719] Call Trace: ipv6_get_saddr_eval+0x13c/0x3a0 __ipv6_dev_get_saddr+0xe4/0x1f0 ipv6_dev_get_saddr+0x1b4/0x204 ip6_dst_lookup_tail+0xcc/0x27c ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x38/0x80 udpv6_sendmsg+0x708/0xba8 sock_sendmsg+0x18/0x30 SyS_sendto+0xb8/0xf8 syscall_common+0x34/0x58 Fixes: 6a923934c33 (Revert "ipv6: Revert optional address flusing on ifdown.") Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabinv@axis.com> Acked-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.