Re: sctp: hang in sctp_remaddr_seq_show

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On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 07:04 -0400, Neil Horman wrote:

> I'm not sure why the process would never get back to the schedule, but looking
> at the sctp_remaddr_seq_show function, I think that we should convert this
> sequence:
> 	sctp_local_bh_disable();
> 	read_lock(&head->lock);
> 	rcu_read_lock();
> 
> to this:
> 	read_lock(&head->lock);
> 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
> 
> Neil

I dont think so.

BH needs to be disabled before read_lock(&head->lock);

or else, write_lock() could deadlock (assuming it can be called from BH)


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