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Ahmed S. Darwish 11d6011c2c net: core: device_rename: Use rwsem instead of a seqcount 
Sequence counters write paths are critical sections that must never be
preempted, and blocking, even for CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, is not allowed.

Commit 5dbe7c178d ("net: fix kernel deadlock with interface rename and
netdev name retrieval.") handled a deadlock, observed with
CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, where the devnet_rename seqcount read side was
infinitely spinning: it got scheduled after the seqcount write side
blocked inside its own critical section.

To fix that deadlock, among other issues, the commit added a
cond_resched() inside the read side section. While this will get the
non-preemptible kernel eventually unstuck, the seqcount reader is fully
exhausting its slice just spinning -- until TIF_NEED_RESCHED is set.

The fix is also still broken: if the seqcount reader belongs to a
real-time scheduling policy, it can spin forever and the kernel will
livelock.

Disabling preemption over the seqcount write side critical section will
not work: inside it are a number of GFP_KERNEL allocations and mutex
locking through the drivers/base/ :: device_rename() call chain.

>From all the above, replace the seqcount with a rwsem.

Fixes: 5dbe7c178d (net: fix kernel deadlock with interface rename and netdev name retrieval.)
Fixes: 30e6c9fa93 (net: devnet_rename_seq should be a seqcount)
Fixes: c91f6df2db (sockopt: Change getsockopt() of SO_BINDTODEVICE to return an interface name)
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> [ v1 missing up_read() on error exit ]
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> [ v1 missing up_read() on error exit ]
Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2020-06-04 15:50:42 -07:00
arch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
block for-5.8/drivers-2020-06-01 2020-06-02 15:37:03 -07:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto crypto: engine - do not requeue in case of fatal error 2020-05-28 17:27:52 +10:00
Documentation Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
drivers net: dsa: qca8k: Fix "Unexpected gfp" kernel exception 2020-06-04 15:47:10 -07:00
fs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
include seg6: fix seg6_validate_srh() to avoid slab-out-of-bounds 2020-06-04 15:39:32 -07:00
init MIPS updates for v5.8: 2020-06-03 13:32:21 -07:00
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LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
net net: core: device_rename: Use rwsem instead of a seqcount 2020-06-04 15:50:42 -07:00
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sound MIPS updates for v5.8: 2020-06-03 13:32:21 -07:00
tools Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
usr kbuild: fix comment about missing include guard detection 2020-04-11 12:09:48 +09:00
virt A fair amount of stuff this time around, dominated by yet another massive 2020-06-01 15:45:27 -07:00
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.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS mailmap: change email for Ricardo Ribalda 2020-05-25 18:59:59 -06:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
Makefile arm64 updates for 5.8 2020-06-01 15:18:27 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.