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authorSimon Wunderlich2013-01-11 10:19:51 +0100
committerAntonio Quartulli2013-01-19 14:18:12 +0100
commit5bc44dc8458cbac08c664f2f337326bf87cc924b (patch)
tree05828c0b6a6f00138a539c0ce39e3ea0b109dbce /net/batman-adv/types.h
parentbatman-adv: rename random32() to prandom_u32() (diff)
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batman-adv: postpone sysfs removal when unregistering
When processing the unregister notify for a hard interface, removing the sysfs files may lead to a circular deadlock (rtnl mutex <-> s_active). To overcome this problem, postpone the sysfs removal in a worker. Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> Reported-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/batman-adv/types.h')
-rw-r--r--net/batman-adv/types.h6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index 03197f5ebf6c..8d4a16c0ed50 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct batadv_hard_iface_bat_iv {
* @soft_iface: the batman-adv interface which uses this network interface
* @rcu: struct used for freeing in an RCU-safe manner
* @bat_iv: BATMAN IV specific per hard interface data
+ * @cleanup_work: work queue callback item for hard interface deinit
*/
struct batadv_hard_iface {
struct list_head list;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ struct batadv_hard_iface {
struct net_device *soft_iface;
struct rcu_head rcu;
struct batadv_hard_iface_bat_iv bat_iv;
+ struct work_struct cleanup_work;
};
/**
@@ -428,6 +430,7 @@ struct batadv_priv_dat {
/**
* struct batadv_priv - per mesh interface data
* @mesh_state: current status of the mesh (inactive/active/deactivating)
+ * @soft_iface: net device which holds this struct as private data
* @stats: structure holding the data for the ndo_get_stats() call
* @bat_counters: mesh internal traffic statistic counters (see batadv_counters)
* @aggregated_ogms: bool indicating whether OGM aggregation is enabled
@@ -457,6 +460,7 @@ struct batadv_priv_dat {
* @forw_bat_list_lock: lock protecting forw_bat_list
* @forw_bcast_list_lock: lock protecting forw_bcast_list
* @orig_work: work queue callback item for orig node purging
+ * @cleanup_work: work queue callback item for soft interface deinit
* @primary_if: one of the hard interfaces assigned to this mesh interface
* becomes the primary interface
* @bat_algo_ops: routing algorithm used by this mesh interface
@@ -469,6 +473,7 @@ struct batadv_priv_dat {
*/
struct batadv_priv {
atomic_t mesh_state;
+ struct net_device *soft_iface;
struct net_device_stats stats;
uint64_t __percpu *bat_counters; /* Per cpu counters */
atomic_t aggregated_ogms;
@@ -502,6 +507,7 @@ struct batadv_priv {
spinlock_t forw_bat_list_lock; /* protects forw_bat_list */
spinlock_t forw_bcast_list_lock; /* protects forw_bcast_list */
struct delayed_work orig_work;
+ struct work_struct cleanup_work;
struct batadv_hard_iface __rcu *primary_if; /* rcu protected pointer */
struct batadv_algo_ops *bat_algo_ops;
#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BLA