Re: [PATCH] rtnl_unlock/lock in sch_api.c

[Thomas Graf <tgraf@xxxxxxx>]

Looks good, except...

> --- linux/net/sched/sch_api.c.orig    2005-03-28 16:32:57.000000000 +0300
> +++ linux/net/sched/sch_api.c 2005-03-28 16:38:17.000000000 +0300
> @@ -404,18 +404,28 @@ qdisc_create(struct net_device *dev, u32
>       struct Qdisc_ops *ops;
>       int size;
>  
> +     err = -EINVAL;
>       ops = qdisc_lookup_ops(kind);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
> -     if (ops==NULL && tca[TCA_KIND-1] != NULL) {
> +     if (ops == NULL && kind != NULL) {
>               char name[IFNAMSIZ];
>               if (rtattr_strlcpy(name, kind, IFNAMSIZ) < IFNAMSIZ) {
> +                     /* Must drop rtnl sem because request_module
> +                      * can try to aquire rtnl sem (see teql for
> +                      * example)
> +                      */
> +                     rtnl_unlock();
>                       request_module("sch_%s", name);
> +                     rtnl_lock();
>                       ops = qdisc_lookup_ops(kind);
> +                     if (ops != NULL) {
> +                             module_put(ops->owner);
> +                             err = -EAGAIN;

You're missing a goto err_out here, the ops == NULL won't catch it.

> +                     }
>               }
>       }
>  #endif
>  
> -     err = -EINVAL;
>       if (ops == NULL)
>               goto err_out;

With the above goto inserted there is no need to move the err = -EINVAL.