This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ipv4 igmp: use in_dev_put in timer handlers instead of __in_dev_put to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ipv4-igmp-use-in_dev_put-in-timer-handlers-instead-of-__in_dev_put.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 197107cb5b021956a722a0af43afadba2934e49e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Salam Noureddine <noureddine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:39:42 -0700 Subject: ipv4 igmp: use in_dev_put in timer handlers instead of __in_dev_put From: Salam Noureddine <noureddine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit e2401654dd0f5f3fb7a8d80dad9554d73d7ca394 ] It is possible for the timer handlers to run after the call to ip_mc_down so use in_dev_put instead of __in_dev_put in the handler function in order to do proper cleanup when the refcnt reaches 0. Otherwise, the refcnt can reach zero without the in_device being destroyed and we end up leaking a reference to the net_device and see messages like the following, unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1 Tested on linux-3.4.43. Signed-off-by: Salam Noureddine <noureddine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/igmp.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/net/ipv4/igmp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/igmp.c @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static void igmp_gq_timer_expire(unsigne in_dev->mr_gq_running = 0; igmpv3_send_report(in_dev, NULL); - __in_dev_put(in_dev); + in_dev_put(in_dev); } static void igmp_ifc_timer_expire(unsigned long data) @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static void igmp_ifc_timer_expire(unsign in_dev->mr_ifc_count--; igmp_ifc_start_timer(in_dev, IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Interval); } - __in_dev_put(in_dev); + in_dev_put(in_dev); } static void igmp_ifc_event(struct in_device *in_dev) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from noureddine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.10/ipv6-mcast-use-in6_dev_put-in-timer-handlers-instead-of-__in6_dev_put.patch queue-3.10/ipv4-igmp-use-in_dev_put-in-timer-handlers-instead-of-__in_dev_put.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html