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Re: [PATCH] ipvs: fix dst_lock locking on dest update

To: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipvs: fix dst_lock locking on dest update
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:26:24 +0900
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:40:25AM +0200, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> 
>       Fix dst_lock usage in __ip_vs_update_dest. We need
> _bh locking because destination is updated in user context.
> Can cause lockups on frequent destination updates.
> Problem reported by Simon Kirby. Bug was introduced
> in 2.6.37 from the "ipvs: changes for local real server"
> change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> 
>       Dave, please apply to net-2.6.
> Patch is for 2.6.37+ and applies to 2.6.38-rc6. There is
> little fuzz when applying to net-next, let me know if
> I should provide patch for other trees.
> 
> --- linux-2.6.37/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c       2011-01-06 
> 00:01:23.600069161 +0200
> +++ linux/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c      2011-02-19 23:14:44.463250743 
> +0200
> @@ -810,9 +810,9 @@ __ip_vs_update_dest(struct ip_vs_service
>       dest->u_threshold = udest->u_threshold;
>       dest->l_threshold = udest->l_threshold;
> 
> -     spin_lock(&dest->dst_lock);
> +     spin_lock_bh(&dest->dst_lock);
>       ip_vs_dst_reset(dest);
> -     spin_unlock(&dest->dst_lock);
> +     spin_unlock_bh(&dest->dst_lock);
> 
>       if (add)
>               ip_vs_new_estimator(&dest->stats);
> 
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