Re: [PATCH net 2/2] IB/ipoib: Fix netlink support in IPoIB

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On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 01:23:08PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 01:16:23PM +0200, Denis Drozdov wrote:
> > IPoIB netlink support was broken by commit cd565b4b51e5
> > ("IB/IPoIB: Support acceleration options callbacks"),
> > that added flow which allocates netdev rdma structures
> > after netlink object is already created. Such situation leads
> > to crash in __ipoib_device_add, once trying to reuse netlink
> > device.
> > This commit restores the netlink support.
> >
> > Fixes: cd565b4b51e5 ("IB/IPoIB: Support acceleration options callbacks")
> > Reviewed-by: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Denis Drozdov <denisd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >  drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h         |  2 ++
> >  drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c    | 23 +++++++++--------
> >  drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_netlink.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> >  drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c    | 20 ++++-----------
> >  4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> I assume this is going through DaveM's tree?

Yes, it was our plan because of the first patch in this series.

> In which case for the drivers/infiniband part:
>
> Acked-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > @@ -131,11 +157,15 @@ static int ipoib_new_child_link(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
> >  	 */
> >  	child_pkey |= 0x8000;
> >
> > -	err = __ipoib_vlan_add(ppriv, ipoib_priv(dev),
> > -			       child_pkey, IPOIB_RTNL_CHILD);
> > +	down_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
> > +
> > +	priv = ipoib_priv(dev);
> > +	err = __ipoib_vlan_add(ppriv, priv, child_pkey, IPOIB_RTNL_CHILD);
> > +	up_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
>
> This looks like a necessary and correct change, but does it need to be
> a seperate bug fix commit?

It can.

>
> Jason
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