linux/net/core
Eric Dumazet bec4596b4e drop_monitor: dont sleep in atomic context
drop_monitor calls several sleeping functions while in atomic context.

 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slub.c:943
 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 2103, name: kworker/0:2
 Pid: 2103, comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 3.5.0-rc1+ #55
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff810697ca>] __might_sleep+0xca/0xf0
  [<ffffffff811345a3>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b3/0x1c0
  [<ffffffff8105578c>] ? queue_delayed_work_on+0x11c/0x130
  [<ffffffff815343fb>] __alloc_skb+0x4b/0x230
  [<ffffffffa00b0360>] ? reset_per_cpu_data+0x160/0x160 [drop_monitor]
  [<ffffffffa00b022f>] reset_per_cpu_data+0x2f/0x160 [drop_monitor]
  [<ffffffffa00b03ab>] send_dm_alert+0x4b/0xb0 [drop_monitor]
  [<ffffffff810568e0>] process_one_work+0x130/0x4c0
  [<ffffffff81058249>] worker_thread+0x159/0x360
  [<ffffffff810580f0>] ? manage_workers.isra.27+0x240/0x240
  [<ffffffff8105d403>] kthread+0x93/0xa0
  [<ffffffff816be6d4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
  [<ffffffff8105d370>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x80/0x80
  [<ffffffff816be6d0>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb

Rework the logic to call the sleeping functions in right context.

Use standard timer/workqueue api to let system chose any cpu to perform
the allocation and netlink send.

Also avoid a loop if reset_per_cpu_data() cannot allocate memory :
use mod_timer() to wait 1/10 second before next try.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-06-04 11:42:01 -04:00
..
datagram.c net: cleanup unsigned to unsigned int 2012-04-15 12:44:40 -04:00
dev_addr_lists.c net: addr_list: add exclusive dev_uc_add and dev_mc_add 2012-04-15 13:06:04 -04:00
dev.c net: napi_frags_skb() is static 2012-05-19 02:51:00 -04:00
drop_monitor.c drop_monitor: dont sleep in atomic context 2012-06-04 11:42:01 -04:00
dst.c
ethtool.c ethtool: Extend the ethtool API to obtain plugin module eeprom data 2012-05-10 02:22:17 +01:00
fib_rules.c fib_rules: Stop using NLA_PUT*(). 2012-04-02 04:33:44 -04:00
filter.c Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2012-05-21 20:27:36 -07:00
flow_dissector.c net: flow_dissector.c missing include linux/export.h 2012-01-24 16:03:33 -05:00
flow.c
gen_estimator.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
gen_stats.c gen_stats: Stop using NLA_PUT*(). 2012-04-02 04:33:44 -04:00
iovec.c net: get rid of some pointless casts to sockaddr 2012-03-11 19:11:22 -07:00
link_watch.c
Makefile
neighbour.c net: core: Use pr_<level> 2012-05-17 05:00:04 -04:00
net_namespace.c net: core: Use pr_<level> 2012-05-17 05:00:04 -04:00
net-sysfs.c net: cleanup unsigned to unsigned int 2012-04-15 12:44:40 -04:00
net-sysfs.h
net-traces.c
netevent.c
netpoll.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-02-19 16:03:15 -05:00
netprio_cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-3.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2012-05-22 17:40:19 -07:00
pktgen.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-05-20 21:53:04 -04:00
request_sock.c
rtnetlink.c net: Convert net_ratelimit uses to net_<level>_ratelimited 2012-05-15 13:45:03 -04:00
scm.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
secure_seq.c net: fix some sparse errors 2012-01-17 10:31:12 -05:00
skbuff.c net: introduce skb_try_coalesce() 2012-05-19 18:34:57 -04:00
sock_diag.c net: sock_diag_handler structs can be const 2012-04-25 20:46:59 -04:00
sock.c net: sock: validate data_len before allocating skb in sock_alloc_send_pskb() 2012-05-31 18:22:45 -04:00
stream.c
sysctl_net_core.c net: Delete all remaining instances of ctl_path 2012-04-20 21:22:30 -04:00
timestamping.c
user_dma.c
utils.c net: Fixed coding style issues relating to braces. 2012-04-12 16:35:48 -04:00