From 1a31a4a8388a90e9240fb4e5e5c9c909fcfdfd0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:28:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix scheduling while atomic if helper is autoloaded This patch fixes one scheduling while atomic error: [ 385.565186] ctnetlink v0.93: registering with nfnetlink. [ 385.565349] BUG: scheduling while atomic: lt-expect_creat/16163/0x00000200 It can be triggered with utils/expect_create included in libnetfilter_conntrack if the FTP helper is not loaded. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c index 3d7ea7af76fc..b6977776d715 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c @@ -1358,12 +1358,15 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct net *net, u16 zone, nf_ct_protonum(ct)); if (helper == NULL) { rcu_read_unlock(); + spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock); #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES if (request_module("nfct-helper-%s", helpname) < 0) { + spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock); err = -EOPNOTSUPP; goto err1; } + spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock); rcu_read_lock(); helper = __nf_conntrack_helper_find(helpname, nf_ct_l3num(ct), -- 2.30.2