net: force a list_del() in unregister_netdevice_many()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Fri, 6 Jun 2014 13:44:03 +0000 (06:44 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:15:14 +0000 (14:15 -0700)
unregister_netdevice_many() API is error prone and we had too
many bugs because of dangling LIST_HEAD on stacks.

See commit f87e6f47933e3e ("net: dont leave active on stack LIST_HEAD")

In fact, instead of making sure no caller leaves an active list_head,
just force a list_del() in the callee. No one seems to need to access
the list after unregister_netdevice_many()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/macvlan.c
net/core/dev.c
net/core/rtnetlink.c
net/mac80211/iface.c

index d53e299ae1d97ca39c4f3af511b97c5dacb32827..7eec598c5cb620b412c6f85295f77ec354577d0e 100644 (file)
@@ -1036,7 +1036,6 @@ static int macvlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
                list_for_each_entry_safe(vlan, next, &port->vlans, list)
                        vlan->dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(vlan->dev, &list_kill);
                unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);
-               list_del(&list_kill);
                break;
        case NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE:
                /* Forbid underlaying device to change its type. */
index fb8b0546485b62bfb550b46117ccb3f21ded1d43..a30bef1882f5f1911eb08756742030deb79f149e 100644 (file)
@@ -6613,6 +6613,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_queue);
 /**
  *     unregister_netdevice_many - unregister many devices
  *     @head: list of devices
+ *
+ *  Note: As most callers use a stack allocated list_head,
+ *  we force a list_del() to make sure stack wont be corrupted later.
  */
 void unregister_netdevice_many(struct list_head *head)
 {
@@ -6622,6 +6625,7 @@ void unregister_netdevice_many(struct list_head *head)
                rollback_registered_many(head);
                list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list)
                        net_set_todo(dev);
+               list_del(head);
        }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_many);
@@ -7077,7 +7081,6 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit_batch(struct list_head *net_list)
                }
        }
        unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
-       list_del(&dev_kill_list);
        rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
index f4e9037f9a0c71576364ba66809f67459283098c..fbdb1556b0db61e1ec14cbe2db869268a3cc1965 100644 (file)
@@ -1744,7 +1744,6 @@ static int rtnl_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
        ops->dellink(dev, &list_kill);
        unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);
-       list_del(&list_kill);
        return 0;
 }
 
index b8d331e7d883d50fd4fc3adf12c2869ac3beedb7..34799e06ee01165f78fd95affe57475876b222f3 100644 (file)
@@ -1758,7 +1758,6 @@ void ieee80211_remove_interfaces(struct ieee80211_local *local)
        }
        mutex_unlock(&local->iflist_mtx);
        unregister_netdevice_many(&unreg_list);
-       list_del(&unreg_list);
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(sdata, tmp, &wdev_list, list) {
                list_del(&sdata->list);