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authorGao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>2012-10-04 20:15:48 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-10-07 00:30:56 -0400
commit6dc878a8ca39e93f70c42f3dd7260bde10c1e0f1 (patch)
tree2549dc75d29ea1975611775b05921482caf75c04 /net
parented5062ddaa71e9f8b2b3aacc264428ce6da93d9e (diff)
downloadlinux-6dc878a8ca39e93f70c42f3dd7260bde10c1e0f1.tar.gz
netlink: add reference of module in netlink_dump_start
I get a panic when I use ss -a and rmmod inet_diag at the
same time.

It's because netlink_dump uses inet_diag_dump which belongs to module
inet_diag.

I search the codes and find many modules have the same problem.  We
need to add a reference to the module which the cb->dump belongs to.

Thanks for all help from Stephen,Jan,Eric,Steffen and Pablo.

Change From v3:
change netlink_dump_start to inline,suggestion from Pablo and
Eric.

Change From v2:
delete netlink_dump_done,and call module_put in netlink_dump
and netlink_sock_destruct.

Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/netlink/af_netlink.c29
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 0f2e3ad69c47..01e944a017a4 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ static void netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	if (nlk->cb) {
 		if (nlk->cb->done)
 			nlk->cb->done(nlk->cb);
+
+		module_put(nlk->cb->module);
 		netlink_destroy_callback(nlk->cb);
 	}
 
@@ -1758,6 +1760,7 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 	nlk->cb = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
 
+	module_put(cb->module);
 	netlink_consume_callback(cb);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1767,9 +1770,9 @@ errout_skb:
 	return err;
 }
 
-int netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
-		       const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
-		       struct netlink_dump_control *control)
+int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			 const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+			 struct netlink_dump_control *control)
 {
 	struct netlink_callback *cb;
 	struct sock *sk;
@@ -1784,6 +1787,7 @@ int netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	cb->done = control->done;
 	cb->nlh = nlh;
 	cb->data = control->data;
+	cb->module = control->module;
 	cb->min_dump_alloc = control->min_dump_alloc;
 	atomic_inc(&skb->users);
 	cb->skb = skb;
@@ -1794,19 +1798,28 @@ int netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -ECONNREFUSED;
 	}
 	nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
-	/* A dump is in progress... */
+
 	mutex_lock(nlk->cb_mutex);
+	/* A dump is in progress... */
 	if (nlk->cb) {
 		mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
 		netlink_destroy_callback(cb);
-		sock_put(sk);
-		return -EBUSY;
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
 	}
+	/* add reference of module which cb->dump belongs to */
+	if (!try_module_get(cb->module)) {
+		mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
+		netlink_destroy_callback(cb);
+		ret = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	nlk->cb = cb;
 	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
 
 	ret = netlink_dump(sk);
-
+out:
 	sock_put(sk);
 
 	if (ret)
@@ -1817,7 +1830,7 @@ int netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	return -EINTR;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_dump_start);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netlink_dump_start);
 
 void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err)
 {