On Fri, 11 May 2007 14:40:45 +0900 Kenji Kaneshige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I encountered the following error when I was hot-plugging network card > using pci hotplug driver. > > kobject_add failed for eth8 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with > the same name in the same directory. > > Call Trace: > [<a000000100013940>] show_stack+0x40/0xa0 > sp=e0000000652cfbf0 bsp=e0000000652c9450 > [<a0000001000139d0>] dump_stack+0x30/0x60 > sp=e0000000652cfdc0 bsp=e0000000652c9438 > [<a0000001003b5af0>] kobject_shadow_add+0x3b0/0x440 > sp=e0000000652cfdc0 bsp=e0000000652c93f0 > [<a0000001003b5bb0>] kobject_add+0x30/0x60 > sp=e0000000652cfdc0 bsp=e0000000652c93d0 > [<a000000100488240>] device_add+0x160/0xf40 > sp=e0000000652cfdc0 bsp=e0000000652c9358 > [<a00000010061af00>] netdev_register_sysfs+0xc0/0xe0 > sp=e0000000652cfdc0 bsp=e0000000652c9328 > [<a0000001006006c0>] register_netdevice+0x600/0x7e0 > sp=e0000000652cfdc0 bsp=e0000000652c92e8 > [<a000000100600910>] register_netdev+0x70/0xc0 > sp=e0000000652cfdd0 bsp=e0000000652c92c0 > [<a00000020018dd70>] e1000_probe+0x1710/0x1a00 [e1000] > sp=e0000000652cfdd0 bsp=e0000000652c9258 > [<a0000001003d56c0>] pci_device_probe+0xc0/0x120 > sp=e0000000652cfde0 bsp=e0000000652c9218 > [<a00000010048dc60>] really_probe+0x1c0/0x300 > sp=e0000000652cfde0 bsp=e0000000652c91c8 > [<a00000010048df40>] driver_probe_device+0x1a0/0x1c0 > sp=e0000000652cfde0 bsp=e0000000652c9198 > [<a00000010048df90>] __device_attach+0x30/0x60 > sp=e0000000652cfde0 bsp=e0000000652c9170 > [<a00000010048c080>] bus_for_each_drv+0x80/0x120 > sp=e0000000652cfde0 bsp=e0000000652c9138 > [<a00000010048e0c0>] device_attach+0xa0/0x100 > sp=e0000000652cfe00 bsp=e0000000652c9110 > [<a00000010048bec0>] bus_attach_device+0x60/0xe0 > sp=e0000000652cfe00 bsp=e0000000652c90e0 > [<a000000100488a30>] device_add+0x950/0xf40 > sp=e0000000652cfe00 bsp=e0000000652c9068 > [<a0000001003ca360>] pci_bus_add_device+0x20/0x100 > sp=e0000000652cfe00 bsp=e0000000652c9040 > [<a0000001003ca490>] pci_bus_add_devices+0x50/0x320 > sp=e0000000652cfe00 bsp=e0000000652c9010 > [<a000000200081520>] shpchp_configure_device+0x460/0x4a0 [shpchp] > sp=e0000000652cfe00 bsp=e0000000652c8fc0 > [<a00000020007e7c0>] board_added+0x720/0x8c0 [shpchp] > sp=e0000000652cfe00 bsp=e0000000652c8f80 > [<a00000020007f280>] shpchp_enable_slot+0x920/0xa40 [shpchp] > sp=e0000000652cfe10 bsp=e0000000652c8f30 > [<a000000200080a40>] shpchp_sysfs_enable_slot+0x120/0x220 [shpchp] > sp=e0000000652cfe20 bsp=e0000000652c8ef8 > [<a00000020007d270>] enable_slot+0x90/0xc0 [shpchp] > sp=e0000000652cfe20 bsp=e0000000652c8ed0 > [<a00000020002a760>] power_write_file+0x1e0/0x2a0 [pci_hotplug] > sp=e0000000652cfe20 bsp=e0000000652c8ea0 > [<a000000200028100>] hotplug_slot_attr_store+0x60/0xa0 [pci_hotplug] > sp=e0000000652cfe20 bsp=e0000000652c8e68 > [<a0000001001cf010>] sysfs_write_file+0x270/0x300 > sp=e0000000652cfe20 bsp=e0000000652c8e18 > [<a0000001001395b0>] vfs_write+0x1b0/0x300 > sp=e0000000652cfe20 bsp=e0000000652c8dc0 > [<a00000010013a1b0>] sys_write+0x70/0xe0 > sp=e0000000652cfe20 bsp=e0000000652c8d48 > [<a00000010000bc20>] ia64_ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x20 > sp=e0000000652cfe30 bsp=e0000000652c8d48 > [<a000000000010620>] __kernel_syscall_via_break+0x0/0x20 > sp=e0000000652d0000 bsp=e0000000652c8d48 > > This error is caused by the race condition between dev_alloc_name() > and unregistering net device. The dev_alloc_name() function checks > dev_base list to find a suitable id. The net device is removed from > the dev_base list when net device is unregistered. Those are done with > rtnl lock held, so there is no problem. However, removing sysfs entry > is delayed until netdev_run_todo() which is outside rtnl lock. Because > of this, dev_alloc_name() can create a device name which is duplicated > with the existing sysfs entry. > > The following patch fixes this by changing dev_alloc_name() function > to check not only dev_base list but also todo list and snapshot list > to find a suitable id. If some devices exists on the todo list or > snapshot list, sysfs entries corresponding to them are not deleted > yet. > > Thanks, > Kenji Kaneshige > > --- > Fix the race condition between dev_alloc_name() and net device > unregistration. > > dev_alloc_name checks `dev_base' list to find a suitable ID. On the > other hand, net devices are removed from that list on net device > unregistration. Both of them are done with holding rtnl lock. However, > removing sysfs entry is delayed until netdev_run_todo(), which doesn't > acquire rtnl lock. Therefore, on dev_alloc_name(), device name could > conflict with the device, which is unregistered, but its sysfs entry > still exist. > > To fix this bug, change dev_alloc_name to check not only `dev_base' > list but also todo list and snapshot list. > > Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There should be a better way to fix this by getting rid of the kobjects on deletion rather than the overhead another lock and list scans.... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
