linux-sg2042/net
Ying Xue eab8c04573 tipc: move the delivery of named messages out of nametbl lock
Commit a89778d8ba ("tipc: add support
for link state subscriptions") introduced below possible deadlock
scenario:

       CPU0                          CPU1
T0:   tipc_publish()                 link_timeout()
T1:   tipc_nametbl_publish()         [grab node lock]*
T2:   [grab nametbl write lock]*     link_state_event()
T3:   named_cluster_distribute()     link_activate()
T4:   [grab node lock]*              tipc_node_link_up()
T5:                                  tipc_nametbl_publish()
T6:                                  [grab nametble write lock]*

The opposite order of holding nametbl write lock and node lock on
above two different paths may result in a deadlock. If we move the
the delivery of named messages via link out of name nametbl lock,
the reverse order of holding locks will be eliminated, as a result,
the deadlock will be killed as well.

Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-04-28 14:49:54 -04:00
..
9p A bunch of updates and cleanup within the transport layer, 2014-04-11 14:14:57 -07:00
802 neigh: use NEIGH_VAR_INIT in ndo_neigh_setup functions. 2014-01-16 11:31:58 -08:00
8021q vlan: unnecessary to check if vlan_pcpu_stats is NULL 2014-04-22 21:27:57 -04:00
appletalk appletalk: fix checkpatch error with indent 2014-02-14 16:18:32 -05:00
atm net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
ax25 net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
batman-adv batman-adv: Start new development cycle 2014-03-22 09:18:59 +01:00
bluetooth net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
bridge bridge: Fix double free and memory leak around br_allowed_ingress 2014-04-11 15:12:47 -04:00
caif net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
can can: remove CAN FD compatibility for CAN 2.0 sockets 2014-03-03 14:29:52 +01:00
ceph net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
core ethtool: exit the loop when invalid index occurs 2014-04-28 13:28:43 -04:00
dcb dcb: use __dev_get_by_name instead of dev_get_by_name to find interface 2014-01-14 18:50:46 -08:00
dccp ipv4: add a sock pointer to ip_queue_xmit() 2014-04-15 12:58:34 -04:00
decnet ipv4: add a sock pointer to dst->output() path. 2014-04-15 13:47:15 -04:00
dns_resolver net/*: Fix FSF address in file headers 2013-12-06 12:37:57 -05:00
dsa dsa: Use ether_addr_copy 2014-01-21 18:13:05 -08:00
ethernet net: eth_type_trans() should use skb_header_pointer() 2014-01-16 15:30:31 -08:00
hsr hsr: replace del_timer by del_timer_sync 2014-03-27 15:28:06 -04:00
ieee802154 6lowpan: make lowpan_cb static 2014-04-20 18:18:55 -04:00
ipv4 ipv4: Use predefined value for readability 2014-04-28 13:28:43 -04:00
ipv6 ip6gre: add x-netns support 2014-04-23 14:53:36 -04:00
ipx ipx: implement shutdown() 2014-02-12 19:26:32 -05:00
irda net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size 2014-01-18 23:04:16 -08:00
iucv net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
key net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
l2tp ipv4: add a sock pointer to ip_queue_xmit() 2014-04-15 12:58:34 -04:00
lapb
llc llc: remove noisy WARN from llc_mac_hdr_init 2014-01-28 18:01:32 -08:00
mac80211 mac80211: exclude AP_VLAN interfaces from tx power calculation 2014-04-11 09:37:41 +02:00
mac802154 mac802154: fix duplicate #include headers 2014-04-07 13:18:44 -04:00
mpls ipip: add GSO/TSO support 2013-10-19 19:36:19 -04:00
netfilter netlink: have netlink per-protocol bind function return an error code. 2014-04-22 21:42:26 -04:00
netlabel netlabel: Fix FSF address in file headers 2013-12-06 12:37:56 -05:00
netlink netlink: implement unbind to netlink_setsockopt NETLINK_DROP_MEMBERSHIP 2014-04-22 21:42:26 -04:00
netrom net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
nfc net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
openvswitch vxlan: add x-netns support 2014-04-24 16:18:26 -04:00
packet net: Fix ns_capable check in sock_diag_put_filterinfo 2014-04-22 12:49:39 -04:00
phonet net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
rds net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
rfkill net: rfkill: move poll work to power efficient workqueue 2014-02-04 21:58:16 +01:00
rose net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
rxrpc net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
sched sched, act: allow to clear all actions as well 2014-04-27 23:42:39 -04:00
sctp sctp: add support for busy polling to sctp protocol 2014-04-20 18:18:55 -04:00
sunrpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-04-12 17:31:22 -07:00
tipc tipc: move the delivery of named messages out of nametbl lock 2014-04-28 14:49:54 -04:00
unix net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
vmw_vsock net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
wimax wimax: remove dead code 2013-11-21 13:09:42 -05:00
wireless Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2014-03-21 14:02:04 -04:00
x25 net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
xfrm ipv4: add a sock pointer to dst->output() path. 2014-04-15 13:47:15 -04:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'for-3.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2014-04-03 13:05:42 -07:00
Makefile net: move 6lowpan compression code to separate module 2014-01-15 15:36:38 -08:00
compat.c net/compat: convert to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE with changing parameter types 2014-03-06 16:30:45 +01:00
nonet.c
socket.c net: use SYSCALL_DEFINEx for sys_recv 2014-04-16 15:15:05 -04:00
sysctl_net.c