---

yaml
---
r: 219897
b: refs/heads/master
c: af2ac7b
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  219895: 875efcd
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 67c3b705934af93a09a0f369346c2561499b73c4
+refs/heads/master: af2ac7bfec4176cad5e04402d116b5242d759bf8

trunk/drivers/staging/batman-adv/hard-interface.c

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #define MIN(x, y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
 
+/* protect update critical side of if_list - but not the content */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(if_list_lock);
+
 struct batman_if *get_batman_if_by_netdev(struct net_device *net_dev)
 {
 	struct batman_if *batman_if;
@@ -400,7 +403,11 @@ static struct batman_if *hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&batman_if->list);
 
 	check_known_mac_addr(batman_if->net_dev->dev_addr);
+
+	spin_lock(&if_list_lock);
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&batman_if->list, &if_list);
+	spin_unlock(&if_list_lock);
+
 	return batman_if;
 
 free_if:
@@ -428,6 +435,8 @@ static void hardif_remove_interface(struct batman_if *batman_if)
 		return;
 
 	batman_if->if_status = IF_TO_BE_REMOVED;
+
+	/* caller must take if_list_lock */
 	list_del_rcu(&batman_if->list);
 	sysfs_del_hardif(&batman_if->hardif_obj);
 	dev_put(batman_if->net_dev);
@@ -438,11 +447,13 @@ void hardif_remove_interfaces(void)
 {
 	struct batman_if *batman_if, *batman_if_tmp;
 
+	rtnl_lock();
+	spin_lock(&if_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(batman_if, batman_if_tmp, &if_list, list) {
-		rtnl_lock();
 		hardif_remove_interface(batman_if);
-		rtnl_unlock();
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&if_list_lock);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 static int hard_if_event(struct notifier_block *this,
@@ -467,7 +478,9 @@ static int hard_if_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 		hardif_deactivate_interface(batman_if);
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
+		spin_lock(&if_list_lock);
 		hardif_remove_interface(batman_if);
+		spin_unlock(&if_list_lock);
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEMTU:
 		if (batman_if->soft_iface)