aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/net/core
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c5
-rw-r--r--net/core/net_namespace.c1
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c6
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 07da7add4845..8edb58829124 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1633,7 +1633,6 @@ int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
goto unlock;
if (dev_boot_phase)
goto unlock;
- down_read(&net_rwsem);
for_each_net(net) {
for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
err = call_netdevice_notifier(nb, NETDEV_REGISTER, dev);
@@ -1647,7 +1646,6 @@ int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
call_netdevice_notifier(nb, NETDEV_UP, dev);
}
}
- up_read(&net_rwsem);
unlock:
rtnl_unlock();
@@ -1671,7 +1669,6 @@ rollback:
}
outroll:
- up_read(&net_rwsem);
raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&netdev_chain, nb);
goto unlock;
}
@@ -1704,7 +1701,6 @@ int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
if (err)
goto unlock;
- down_read(&net_rwsem);
for_each_net(net) {
for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
@@ -1715,7 +1711,6 @@ int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
call_netdevice_notifier(nb, NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
}
}
- up_read(&net_rwsem);
unlock:
rtnl_unlock();
up_write(&pernet_ops_rwsem);
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 7fdf321d4997..a11e03f920d3 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ static bool init_net_initialized;
* outside.
*/
DECLARE_RWSEM(pernet_ops_rwsem);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pernet_ops_rwsem);
#define MIN_PERNET_OPS_ID \
((sizeof(struct net_generic) + sizeof(void *) - 1) / sizeof(void *))
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index e86b28482ca7..45936922d7e2 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -412,17 +412,17 @@ 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)
{
struct net *net;
- down_read(&net_rwsem);
for_each_net(net) {
__rtnl_kill_links(net, ops);
}
- up_read(&net_rwsem);
list_del(&ops->list);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rtnl_link_unregister);