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Sequence counters write paths are critical sections that must never be preempted, and blocking, even for CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, is not allowed. Commit5dbe7c178d("net: fix kernel deadlock with interface rename and netdev name retrieval.") handled a deadlock, observed with CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, where the devnet_rename seqcount read side was infinitely spinning: it got scheduled after the seqcount write side blocked inside its own critical section. To fix that deadlock, among other issues, the commit added a cond_resched() inside the read side section. While this will get the non-preemptible kernel eventually unstuck, the seqcount reader is fully exhausting its slice just spinning -- until TIF_NEED_RESCHED is set. The fix is also still broken: if the seqcount reader belongs to a real-time scheduling policy, it can spin forever and the kernel will livelock. Disabling preemption over the seqcount write side critical section will not work: inside it are a number of GFP_KERNEL allocations and mutex locking through the drivers/base/ :: device_rename() call chain. >From all the above, replace the seqcount with a rwsem. Fixes:5dbe7c178d(net: fix kernel deadlock with interface rename and netdev name retrieval.) Fixes:30e6c9fa93(net: devnet_rename_seq should be a seqcount) Fixes:c91f6df2db(sockopt: Change getsockopt() of SO_BINDTODEVICE to return an interface name) Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> [ v1 missing up_read() on error exit ] Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> [ v1 missing up_read() on error exit ] Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.