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    [NET]: add_timer -> mod_timer() in dst_run_gc() · 7c91767a
    Dmitry Mishin authored
    Patch from Dmitry Mishin <dim@openvz.org>:
    
    Replace add_timer() by mod_timer() in dst_run_gc
    in order to avoid BUG message.
    
           CPU1                            CPU2
    dst_run_gc()  entered           dst_run_gc() entered
    spin_lock(&dst_lock)                   .....
    del_timer(&dst_gc_timer)         fail to get lock
           ....                         mod_timer() <--- puts 
                                                     timer back
                                                     to the list
    add_timer(&dst_gc_timer) <--- BUG because timer is in list already.
    
    Found during OpenVZ internal testing.
    
    At first we thought that it is OpenVZ specific as we
    added dst_run_gc(0) call in dst_dev_event(),
    but as Alexey pointed to me it is possible to trigger
    this condition in mainstream kernel.
    
    F.e. timer has fired on CPU2, but the handler was preeempted
    by an irq before dst_lock is tried.
    Meanwhile, someone on CPU1 adds an entry to gc list and
    starts the timer.
    If CPU2 was preempted long enough, this timer can expire
    simultaneously with resuming timer handler on CPU1, arriving
    exactly to the situation described.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDmitry Mishin <dim@openvz.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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