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Commit 7b8613e0 authored by Ying Xue's avatar Ying Xue Committed by David S. Miller
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tipc: fix a potential deadlock



Locking dependency detected below possible unsafe locking scenario:

           CPU0                          CPU1
T0:  tipc_named_rcv()                tipc_rcv()
T1:  [grab nametble write lock]*     [grab node lock]*
T2:  tipc_update_nametbl()           tipc_node_link_up()
T3:  tipc_nodesub_subscribe()        tipc_nametbl_publish()
T4:  [grab node lock]*               [grab nametble write lock]*

The opposite order of holding nametbl write lock and node lock on
above two different paths may result in a deadlock. If we move the
the updating of the name table after link state named out of node
lock, the reverse order of holding locks will be eliminated, and
as a result, the deadlock risk.

Signed-off-by: default avatarYing Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 73829bf6
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