From 401023710d73aaef1191ab4d6a79d39c51add828 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Kim B. Heino" Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:26:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [TUN]: Fix RTNL-locking in tun/tap driver Current tun/tap driver sets also net device's hw address when asked to change character device's hw address. This is a good idea, but it misses RTLN-locking, resulting following error message in 2.6.25-rc3's inetdev_event() function: RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv4/devinet.c (1050) Attached patch fixes this problem. Signed-off-by: Kim B. Heino Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/tun.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c index 038c1ef94d..7b816a0329 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tun.c +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c @@ -663,7 +663,11 @@ static int tun_chr_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, case SIOCSIFHWADDR: { /* try to set the actual net device's hw address */ - int ret = dev_set_mac_address(tun->dev, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr); + int ret; + + rtnl_lock(); + ret = dev_set_mac_address(tun->dev, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr); + rtnl_unlock(); if (ret == 0) { /** Set the character device's hardware address. This is used when -- 2.39.5