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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>2007-08-14 13:21:34 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2007-08-14 13:21:34 -0700
commit17120889b0706b69ae24cba3ef0a340dc3fb7edc (patch)
tree4c36e5f7592ba6b06fddc8ca141d1879326de564 /net
parent45241a7a07537266eec363593ef377a1e6b7db7f (diff)
[BRIDGE]: sysfs locking fix.
The stp change code generates "sleeping function called from invalid context" because rtnl_lock() called with BH disabled. This fixes it by not acquiring then dropping the bridge lock. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c24
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 4f42263e0a8a..88f43003b193 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -147,20 +147,26 @@ static ssize_t show_stp_state(struct device *d,
return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", br->stp_enabled);
}
-static void set_stp_state(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
-{
- rtnl_lock();
- spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
- br_stp_set_enabled(br, val);
- spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
- rtnl_unlock();
-}
static ssize_t store_stp_state(struct device *d,
struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
size_t len)
{
- return store_bridge_parm(d, buf, len, set_stp_state);
+ struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(d);
+ char *endp;
+ unsigned long val;
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ val = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
+ if (endp == buf)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ rtnl_lock();
+ br_stp_set_enabled(br, val);
+ rtnl_unlock();
+
}
static DEVICE_ATTR(stp_state, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_stp_state,
store_stp_state);