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-rw-r--r--net/core/net-sysfs.c32
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 0b7ee260613d..027af27517fa 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1210,6 +1210,22 @@ static int rx_queue_add_kobject(struct net_device *dev, int index)
struct kobject *kobj = &queue->kobj;
int error = 0;
+ /* Rx queues are cleared in rx_queue_release to allow later
+ * re-registration. This is triggered when their kobj refcount is
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * If a queue is removed while both a read (or write) operation and a
+ * the re-addition of the same queue are pending (waiting on rntl_lock)
+ * it might happen that the re-addition will execute before the read,
+ * making the initial removal to never happen (queue's kobj refcount
+ * won't drop enough because of the pending read). In such rare case,
+ * return to allow the removal operation to complete.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(kobj->state_initialized)) {
+ netdev_warn_once(dev, "Cannot re-add rx queues before their removal completed");
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ }
+
/* Kobject_put later will trigger rx_queue_release call which
* decreases dev refcount: Take that reference here
*/
@@ -1898,6 +1914,22 @@ static int netdev_queue_add_kobject(struct net_device *dev, int index)
struct kobject *kobj = &queue->kobj;
int error = 0;
+ /* Tx queues are cleared in netdev_queue_release to allow later
+ * re-registration. This is triggered when their kobj refcount is
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * If a queue is removed while both a read (or write) operation and a
+ * the re-addition of the same queue are pending (waiting on rntl_lock)
+ * it might happen that the re-addition will execute before the read,
+ * making the initial removal to never happen (queue's kobj refcount
+ * won't drop enough because of the pending read). In such rare case,
+ * return to allow the removal operation to complete.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(kobj->state_initialized)) {
+ netdev_warn_once(dev, "Cannot re-add tx queues before their removal completed");
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ }
+
/* Kobject_put later will trigger netdev_queue_release call
* which decreases dev refcount: Take that reference here
*/