bridge: use spin_lock_bh() in br_multicast_set_hash_max
br_multicast_set_hash_max() is called from process context in
net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c by the sysfs store_hash_max() function.
br_multicast_set_hash_max() calls spin_lock(&br->multicast_lock),
which can deadlock the CPU if a softirq that also tries to take the
same lock interrupts br_multicast_set_hash_max() while the lock is
held . This can happen quite easily when any of the bridge multicast
timers expire, which try to take the same lock.
The fix here is to use spin_lock_bh(), preventing other softirqs from
executing on this CPU.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a bridge with several interfaces (I used 4).
2. Set the "multicast query interval" to a low number, like 2.
3. Enable the bridge as a multicast querier.
4. Repeatedly set the bridge hash_max parameter via sysfs.
# brctl addbr br0
# brctl addif br0 eth1 eth2 eth3 eth4
# brctl setmcqi br0 2
# brctl setmcquerier br0 1
# while true ; do echo 4096 > /sys/class/net/br0/bridge/hash_max; done
Signed-off-by: Curt Brune <curt@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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