tipc: move the delivery of named messages out of nametbl lock
Commit a89778d8 ("tipc: add support for link state subscriptions") introduced below possible deadlock scenario: CPU0 CPU1 T0: tipc_publish() link_timeout() T1: tipc_nametbl_publish() [grab node lock]* T2: [grab nametbl write lock]* link_state_event() T3: named_cluster_distribute() link_activate() T4: [grab node lock]* tipc_node_link_up() T5: tipc_nametbl_publish() T6: [grab nametble write lock]* The opposite order of holding nametbl write lock and node lock on above two different paths may result in a deadlock. If we move the the delivery of named messages via link out of name nametbl lock, the reverse order of holding locks will be eliminated, as a result, the deadlock will be killed as well. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com> Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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