ipv6: do not call ndisc_send_rs() with write lock

Because vxlan module will call ip6_dst_lookup() in TX path,
which will hold write lock. So we have to release this write lock
before calling ndisc_send_rs(), otherwise could deadlock.

Reviewed-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 619451336bf1..baaaead69ee1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3090,6 +3090,7 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
 static void addrconf_rs_timer(unsigned long data)
 {
         struct inet6_dev *idev = (struct inet6_dev *)data;
+        struct net_device *dev = idev->dev;
         struct in6_addr lladdr;
 
         write_lock(&idev->lock);
@@ -3104,12 +3105,14 @@ static void addrconf_rs_timer(unsigned long data)
                 goto out;
 
         if (idev->rs_probes++ < idev->cnf.rtr_solicits) {
-                if (!__ipv6_get_lladdr(idev, &lladdr, IFA_F_TENTATIVE))
-                        ndisc_send_rs(idev->dev, &lladdr,
+                write_unlock(&idev->lock);
+                if (!ipv6_get_lladdr(dev, &lladdr, IFA_F_TENTATIVE))
+                        ndisc_send_rs(dev, &lladdr,
                                       &in6addr_linklocal_allrouters);
                 else
-                        goto out;
+                        goto put;
 
+                write_lock(&idev->lock);
                 /* The wait after the last probe can be shorter */
                 addrconf_mod_rs_timer(idev, (idev->rs_probes ==
                                              idev->cnf.rtr_solicits) ?
@@ -3125,6 +3128,7 @@ static void addrconf_rs_timer(unsigned long data)
 
 out:
         write_unlock(&idev->lock);
+put:
         in6_dev_put(idev);
 }