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    ppp: fix xmit recursion detection on ppp channels · 6ec6ec3b
    Guillaume Nault authored
    
    [ Upstream commit 0a0e1a85 ]
    
    Commit e5dadc65 ("ppp: Fix false xmit recursion detect with two ppp
    devices") dropped the xmit_recursion counter incrementation in
    ppp_channel_push() and relied on ppp_xmit_process() for this task.
    But __ppp_channel_push() can also send packets directly (using the
    .start_xmit() channel callback), in which case the xmit_recursion
    counter isn't incremented anymore. If such packets get routed back to
    the parent ppp unit, ppp_xmit_process() won't notice the recursion and
    will call ppp_channel_push() on the same channel, effectively creating
    the deadlock situation that the xmit_recursion mechanism was supposed
    to prevent.
    
    This patch re-introduces the xmit_recursion counter incrementation in
    ppp_channel_push(). Since the xmit_recursion variable is now part of
    the parent ppp unit, incrementation is skipped if the channel doesn't
    have any. This is fine because only packets routed through the parent
    unit may enter the channel recursively.
    
    Finally, we have to ensure that pch->ppp is not going to be modified
    while executing ppp_channel_push(). Instead of taking this lock only
    while calling ppp_xmit_process(), we now have to hold it for the full
    ppp_channel_push() execution. This respects the ppp locks ordering
    which requires locking ->upl before ->downl.
    
    Fixes: e5dadc65 ("ppp: Fix false xmit recursion detect with two ppp devices")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGuillaume Nault <g.nault@alphalink.fr>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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