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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 87079eaa871b..45936922d7e2 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -412,7 +412,9 @@ static void __rtnl_kill_links(struct net *net, struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
* __rtnl_link_unregister - Unregister rtnl_link_ops from rtnetlink.
* @ops: struct rtnl_link_ops * to unregister
*
- * The caller must hold the rtnl_mutex.
+ * The caller must hold the rtnl_mutex and guarantee net_namespace_list
+ * integrity (hold pernet_ops_rwsem for writing to close the race
+ * with setup_net() and cleanup_net()).
*/
void __rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
{
@@ -438,6 +440,9 @@ static void rtnl_lock_unregistering_all(void)
for (;;) {
unregistering = false;
rtnl_lock();
+ /* We held write locked pernet_ops_rwsem, and parallel
+ * setup_net() and cleanup_net() are not possible.
+ */
for_each_net(net) {
if (net->dev_unreg_count > 0) {
unregistering = true;
@@ -459,12 +464,12 @@ static void rtnl_lock_unregistering_all(void)
*/
void rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
{
- /* Close the race with cleanup_net() */
- down_write(&net_sem);
+ /* Close the race with setup_net() and cleanup_net() */
+ down_write(&pernet_ops_rwsem);
rtnl_lock_unregistering_all();
__rtnl_link_unregister(ops);
rtnl_unlock();
- up_write(&net_sem);
+ up_write(&pernet_ops_rwsem);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_link_unregister);
@@ -4730,7 +4735,6 @@ static void __net_exit rtnetlink_net_exit(struct net *net)
static struct pernet_operations rtnetlink_net_ops = {
.init = rtnetlink_net_init,
.exit = rtnetlink_net_exit,
- .async = true,
};
void __init rtnetlink_init(void)