@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(devnet_rename_sem);
static inline void dev_base_seq_inc(struct net *net)
{
- while (++net->dev_base_seq == 0)
- ;
+ unsigned int val = net->dev_base_seq + 1;
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(net->dev_base_seq, val ?: 1);
}
static inline struct hlist_head *dev_name_hash(struct net *net, const char *name)
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ static int in_dev_dump_addr(struct in_device *in_dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
static u32 inet_base_seq(const struct net *net)
{
u32 res = atomic_read(&net->ipv4.dev_addr_genid) +
- net->dev_base_seq;
+ READ_ONCE(net->dev_base_seq);
/* Must not return 0 (see nl_dump_check_consistent()).
* Chose a value far away from 0.
In the following patch, inet_base_seq() will no longer be called with RTNL held. Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations in dev_base_seq_inc() and inet_base_seq(). Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> --- net/core/dev.c | 5 +++-- net/ipv4/devinet.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)