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    ppp: unlock all_ppp_mutex before registering device · 0171c418
    Guillaume Nault authored
    ppp_dev_uninit(), which is the .ndo_uninit() handler of PPP devices,
    needs to lock pn->all_ppp_mutex. Therefore we mustn't call
    register_netdevice() with pn->all_ppp_mutex already locked, or we'd
    deadlock in case register_netdevice() fails and calls .ndo_uninit().
    
    Fortunately, we can unlock pn->all_ppp_mutex before calling
    register_netdevice(). This lock protects pn->units_idr, which isn't
    used in the device registration process.
    
    However, keeping pn->all_ppp_mutex locked during device registration
    did ensure that no device in transient state would be published in
    pn->units_idr. In practice, unlocking it before calling
    register_netdevice() doesn't change this property: ppp_unit_register()
    is called with 'ppp_mutex' locked and all searches done in
    pn->units_idr hold this lock too.
    
    Fixes: 8cb775bc
    
     ("ppp: fix device unregistration upon netns deletion")
    Reported-and-tested-by: default avatar <syzbot+367889b9c9e279219175@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGuillaume Nault <g.nault@alphalink.fr>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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