The following call chains indicate that vxlan_fdb_parse() is under rtnl_lock protection. So if we use __dev_get_by_index() instead of dev_get_by_index() to find interface handler in it, this would help us avoid to change interface reference counter.
rtnetlink_rcv() rtnl_lock() netlink_rcv_skb() rtnl_fdb_add() vxlan_fdb_add() vxlan_fdb_parse() rtnl_unlock() rtnetlink_rcv() rtnl_lock() netlink_rcv_skb() rtnl_fdb_del() vxlan_fdb_del() vxlan_fdb_parse() rtnl_unlock() Cc: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying....@windriver.com> --- drivers/net/vxlan.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c index 481f85d..8c40802 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c +++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c @@ -741,10 +741,9 @@ static int vxlan_fdb_parse(struct nlattr *tb[], struct vxlan_dev *vxlan, if (nla_len(tb[NDA_IFINDEX]) != sizeof(u32)) return -EINVAL; *ifindex = nla_get_u32(tb[NDA_IFINDEX]); - tdev = dev_get_by_index(net, *ifindex); + tdev = __dev_get_by_index(net, *ifindex); if (!tdev) return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; - dev_put(tdev); } else { *ifindex = 0; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/