[PATCH] netpoll: Fix extra refcount release in netpoll_cleanup()
From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Thu Mar 24 2016 - 12:13:49 EST
netpoll_setup() does a dev_hold() on np->dev, the netpoll device. If it
fails, it correctly does a dev_put() but leaves np->dev set. If we call
netpoll_cleanup() after the failure, np->dev is still set so we do another
dev_put(), which decrements the refcount an extra time.
It's questionable to call netpoll_cleanup() after netpoll_setup() fails,
but it can be difficult to find the problem, and we can easily avoid it in
this case. The extra decrements can lead to hangs like this:
unregister_netdevice: waiting for bond0 to become free. Usage count = -3
In __netpoll_setup(), don't set np->dev until we know we're going to
succeed.
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/netpoll.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 94acfc8..32e373e 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
const struct net_device_ops *ops;
int err;
- np->dev = ndev;
strlcpy(np->dev_name, ndev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
INIT_WORK(&np->cleanup_work, netpoll_async_cleanup);
@@ -628,7 +627,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
atomic_set(&npinfo->refcnt, 1);
- ops = np->dev->netdev_ops;
+ ops = ndev->netdev_ops;
if (ops->ndo_netpoll_setup) {
err = ops->ndo_netpoll_setup(ndev, npinfo);
if (err)
@@ -639,6 +638,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
atomic_inc(&npinfo->refcnt);
}
+ np->dev = ndev;
npinfo->netpoll = np;
/* last thing to do is link it to the net device structure */