Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 15 Apr 2018 00:31:21 +0200 | From | Sabrina Dubroca <> | Subject | Re: Regression with 5dcd8400884c ("macsec: missing dev_put() on error in macsec_newlink()") |
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Hello Laura,
2018-04-14, 10:56:55 -0700, Laura Abbott wrote: > Hi, > > Fedora got a bug report of a regression when trying to remove the > the macsec module (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566410). > I did a bisect and found > > commit 5dcd8400884cc4a043a6d4617e042489e5d566a9 > Author: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> > Date: Wed Mar 21 11:09:01 2018 +0300 > > macsec: missing dev_put() on error in macsec_newlink() > We moved the dev_hold(real_dev); call earlier in the function but forgot > to update the error paths. > Fixes: 0759e552bce7 ("macsec: fix negative refcnt on parent link") > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> > > The script I used for testing based on the reporter is attached. It > looks like modprobe is stuck in the D state. Any idea?
I don't think that reference was actually leaked. It gets released in macsec_free_netdev() when the device is deleted.
modprobe getting stuck is just a side-effect of the refcount going negative on the parent device, since removing the module needs to take the lock that is held by device deletion.
I'll send a revert tomorrow.
Thanks for the report,
-- Sabrina
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