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modprobe calls from the nf_logger_find_get() API causes deadlock in very special cases because they occur with the nf_tables transaction mutex held. In the specific case of nf_log, deadlock is via: A nf_tables -> transaction mutex -> nft_log -> modprobe -> nf_log_syslog \ -> pernet_ops rwsem -> wait for C B netlink event -> rtnl_mutex -> nf_tables transaction mutex -> wait for A C close() -> ip6mr_sk_done -> rtnl_mutex -> wait for B Earlier patch added NFLOG/xt_LOG module softdeps to avoid the need to load the backend module during a transaction. For nft_log we would have to add a softdep for both nfnetlink_log or nf_log_syslog, since we do not know in advance which of the two backends are going to be configured. This defers the modprobe op until after the transaction mutex is released. Tested-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
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.