From: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 2bce1ebed17da54c65042ec2b962e3234bad5b47 ]
When a macsec interface is created, it increases a refcnt to a lower
device(real device). when macsec interface is deleted, the refcnt is
decreased in macsec_free_netdev(), which is ->priv_destructor() of
macsec interface.
The problem scenario is this.
When nested macsec interfaces are exiting, the exit routine of the
macsec module makes refcnt leaks.
Test commands:
ip link add dummy0 type dummy
ip link add macsec0 link dummy0 type macsec
ip link add macsec1 link macsec0 type macsec
modprobe -rv macsec
[ 208.629433] unregister_netdevice: waiting for macsec0 to become free. Usage count = 1
Steps of exit routine of macsec module are below.
1. Calls ->dellink() in __rtnl_link_unregister().
2. Checks refcnt and wait refcnt to be 0 if refcnt is not 0 in
netdev_run_todo().
3. Calls ->priv_destruvtor() in netdev_run_todo().
Step2 checks refcnt, but step3 decreases refcnt.
So, step2 waits forever.
This patch makes the macsec module do not hold a refcnt of the lower
device because it already holds a refcnt of the lower device with
netdev_upper_dev_link().
Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver")
Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/macsec.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index aa204c98af79c..9bcb7c3e879f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -2993,12 +2993,10 @@ static const struct nla_policy macsec_rtnl_policy[IFLA_MACSEC_MAX + 1] = {
static void macsec_free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct macsec_dev *macsec = macsec_priv(dev);
- struct net_device *real_dev = macsec->real_dev;
free_percpu(macsec->stats);
free_percpu(macsec->secy.tx_sc.stats);
- dev_put(real_dev);
}
static void macsec_setup(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -3239,8 +3237,6 @@ static int macsec_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
if (err < 0)
return err;
- dev_hold(real_dev);
-
macsec->nest_level = dev_get_nest_level(real_dev) + 1;
netdev_lockdep_set_classes(dev);
lockdep_set_class_and_subclass(&dev->addr_list_lock,
--
2.20.1
