net: Do not take net_rwsem in __rtnl_link_unregister()

This function calls call_netdevice_notifier(), which also
may take net_rwsem. So, we can't use net_rwsem here.

This patch makes callers of this functions take pernet_ops_rwsem,
like register_netdevice_notifier() does. This will protect
the modifications of net_namespace_list, and allows notifiers
to take it (they won't have to care about context).

Since __rtnl_link_unregister() is used on module load
and unload (which are not frequent operations), this looks
for me better, than make all call_netdevice_notifier()
always executing in "protected net_namespace_list" context.

Also, this fixes the problem we had a deal in 328fbe747ad4
"Close race between {un, }register_netdevice_notifier and ...",
and guarantees __rtnl_link_unregister() does not skip
exitting net.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ifb.c b/drivers/net/ifb.c
index 0008da7e9d4c..5f2897ec0edc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ifb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ifb.c
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ static int __init ifb_init_module(void)
 {
 	int i, err;
 
+	down_write(&pernet_ops_rwsem);
 	rtnl_lock();
 	err = __rtnl_link_register(&ifb_link_ops);
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ static int __init ifb_init_module(void)
 
 out:
 	rtnl_unlock();
+	up_write(&pernet_ops_rwsem);
 
 	return err;
 }