Merge with /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git

Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index ba442883e877..da687c8dc6ff 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static void destroy_nbp(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 {
         struct net_device *dev = p->dev;
 
+        dev->br_port = NULL;
         p->br = NULL;
         p->dev = NULL;
         dev_put(dev);
@@ -118,13 +119,24 @@ static void destroy_nbp_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
         destroy_nbp(p);
 }
 
-/* called with RTNL */
+/* Delete port(interface) from bridge is done in two steps.
+ * via RCU. First step, marks device as down. That deletes
+ * all the timers and stops new packets from flowing through.
+ *
+ * Final cleanup doesn't occur until after all CPU's finished
+ * processing packets.
+ *
+ * Protected from multiple admin operations by RTNL mutex
+ */
 static void del_nbp(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 {
         struct net_bridge *br = p->br;
         struct net_device *dev = p->dev;
 
-        dev->br_port = NULL;
+        /* Race between RTNL notify and RCU callback */
+        if (p->deleted)
+                return;
+
         dev_set_promiscuity(dev, -1);
 
         cancel_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check);
@@ -132,16 +144,13 @@ static void del_nbp(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 
         spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
         br_stp_disable_port(p);
+        p->deleted = 1;
         spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
 
         br_fdb_delete_by_port(br, p);
 
         list_del_rcu(&p->list);
 
-        del_timer_sync(&p->message_age_timer);
-        del_timer_sync(&p->forward_delay_timer);
-        del_timer_sync(&p->hold_timer);
-        
         call_rcu(&p->rcu, destroy_nbp_rcu);
 }