Re: [PATCH] can: j1939: prevent deadlock by changing j1939_socks_lock to rwlock

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On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 10:55:47AM -0700, Astra Joan wrote:
> Hi Oleksij,
> 
> Thank you for providing help with the bug fix! The patch was created
> when I was working on another bug:
> 
> https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=881d65229ca4f9ae8c84
> 
> But the patch was not a direct fix of the problem reported in the
> unregister_netdevice function call. Instead, it suppresses potential
> deadlock information to guarantee the real bug would show up. Since I
> have verified that the patch resolved a deadlock situation involving
> the exact same locks, I'm pretty confident it would be a proper fix for
> the current bug in this thread.
> 
> I'm not sure, though, about how I could instruct Syzbot to create a
> reproducer to properly test this patch. Could you or anyone here help
> me find the next step? Thank you so much!

Sorry, I'm not syzbot expert. I hope someone else can help here.

Regards,
Oleksij
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