From e30b38c298b55e09456d3ccbc1df2f3e2e8dc6e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:13:03 +0000 Subject: ip: Fix ip_dev_loopback_xmit() Eric Paris got following trace with a linux-next kernel [ 14.203970] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: avahi-daemon/2093 [ 14.204025] caller is netif_rx+0xfa/0x110 [ 14.204035] Call Trace: [ 14.204064] [] debug_smp_processor_id+0x105/0x110 [ 14.204070] [] netif_rx+0xfa/0x110 [ 14.204090] [] ip_dev_loopback_xmit+0x71/0xa0 [ 14.204095] [] ip_mc_output+0x192/0x2c0 [ 14.204099] [] ip_local_out+0x20/0x30 [ 14.204105] [] ip_push_pending_frames+0x28d/0x3d0 [ 14.204119] [] udp_push_pending_frames+0x14c/0x400 [ 14.204125] [] udp_sendmsg+0x39c/0x790 [ 14.204137] [] inet_sendmsg+0x45/0x80 [ 14.204149] [] sock_sendmsg+0xf1/0x110 [ 14.204189] [] sys_sendmsg+0x20c/0x380 [ 14.204233] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b While current linux-2.6 kernel doesnt emit this warning, bug is latent and might cause unexpected failures. ip_dev_loopback_xmit() runs in process context, preemption enabled, so must call netif_rx_ni() instead of netif_rx(), to make sure that we process pending software interrupt. Same change for ip6_dev_loopback_xmit() Reported-by: Eric Paris Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/ipv4/ip_output.c') diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c index c65f18e0936..d1bcc9f21d4 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int ip_dev_loopback_xmit(struct sk_buff *newskb) newskb->pkt_type = PACKET_LOOPBACK; newskb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY; WARN_ON(!skb_dst(newskb)); - netif_rx(newskb); + netif_rx_ni(newskb); return 0; } -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258