* David S. Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:27:58 +1100
>
> > tcp_close is only called from process context. The rule for sk_dst_lock
> > is that it must also only be obtained in process context. On the other
> > hand, it is true that sk_lock can be obtained in softirq context.
> >
> > In this particular case, sk_dst_lock is obtained by tcp_close with
> > softirqs disabled. This is not a problem in itself since we're not
> > trying to get sk_dst_lock from a real softirq context (as opposed to
> > process context with softirq disabled).
> >
> > I believe this warning comes about because the validator creates a
> > dependency between sk_lock and sk_dst_lock. It then infers from this
> > dependency that in softirq contexts where sk_lock is obtained the code
> > may also attempt to obtain sk_dst_lock.
> >
> > This inference is where the validator errs. sk_dst_lock is never
> > (or should never be, and as far as I can see none of the traces show
> > it to do so) obtained in a real softirq context.
>
> Herbert's analysis is correct. This unique locking strategy is used
> by tcp_close() because at this point it knows that every single
> reference to this socket in the system is gone once it takes the
> socket lock with BH disabled.
>
> And that known invariant is why this is correct, and the locking
> validator has no way to figure this out.
update: with all of Herbert's fixes i havent gotten these yet - so maybe
the validator was not producing a false positive, but perhaps the
inet6_destroy_sock()->sk_dst_reset() thing was causing the messages?
Ingo
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