This function reacquires the rtnl_lock() which is already held by nf_unregister_hook(). This can be triggered via: [ 720.628746] INFO: task rmmod:3578 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [ 720.628749] Not tainted 4.2.0-rc2+ #113 [ 720.628752] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 720.628754] rmmod D ffff8800ca46fd58 0 3578 3571 0x00000080 [ 720.628761] ffff8800ca46fd58 0000000000000000 0000000000000246 ffff8801183d6380 [ 720.628769] ffff8800c901e5c0 0000000000000000 ffff8800ca470000 0000000000000246 [ 720.628776] ffffffff81ab3c68 ffff8800c901e5c0 00000000ffffffff ffff8800ca46fd78 [ 720.628783] Call Trace: [ 720.628790] [<ffffffff8152ea0b>] schedule+0x6b/0x90 [ 720.628795] [<ffffffff8152ecb3>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x20 [ 720.628799] [<ffffffff8152ff55>] mutex_lock_nested+0x1f5/0x380 [ 720.628803] [<ffffffff81462622>] ? rtnl_lock+0x12/0x20 [ 720.628807] [<ffffffff81462622>] ? rtnl_lock+0x12/0x20 [ 720.628812] [<ffffffff81462622>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x20 [ 720.628817] [<ffffffff8148ab25>] nf_queue_nf_hook_drop+0x15/0x160 [ 720.628825] [<ffffffff81488d48>] nf_unregister_net_hook+0x168/0x190 [ 720.628831] [<ffffffff81488e24>] nf_unregister_hook+0x64/0x80 [ 720.628837] [<ffffffff81488e60>] nf_unregister_hooks+0x20/0x30 [ 720.628844] [<ffffffffa07e4b59>] nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4_fini+0x4f/0x4f6 [nf_conntrack_ipv4] [ 720.628851] [<ffffffff810ec3cd>] SyS_delete_module+0x18d/0x230 [ 720.628856] [<ffffffff81534857>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x6f Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 085db2c04557 ("netfilter: Per network namespace netfilter hooks.") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_queue.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c index 8a8b2ab..4ab2568 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c @@ -110,16 +110,14 @@ void nf_queue_nf_hook_drop(struct nf_hook_ops *ops) const struct nf_queue_handler *qh; struct net *net; - rtnl_lock(); rcu_read_lock(); qh = rcu_dereference(queue_handler); if (qh) { - for_each_net(net) { + /* nf_hook_unregister() holds rtnl_lock() */ + for_each_net(net) qh->nf_hook_drop(net, ops); - } } rcu_read_unlock(); - rtnl_unlock(); } /* -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html