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    [NET]: Add net_device change_rx_mode callback · 24023451
    Patrick McHardy authored
    Currently the set_multicast_list (and set_rx_mode) callbacks are
    responsible for configuring the device according to the IFF_PROMISC,
    IFF_MULTICAST and IFF_ALLMULTI flags and the mc_list (and uc_list in
    case of set_rx_mode).
    
    These callbacks can be invoked from BH context without the rtnl_mutex
    by dev_mc_add/dev_mc_delete, which makes reading the device flags and
    promiscous/allmulti count racy. For real hardware drivers that just
    commit all changes to the hardware this is not a real problem since
    the stack guarantees to call them for every change, so at least the
    final call will not race and commit the correct configuration to the
    hardware.
    
    For software devices that want to synchronize promiscous and multicast
    state to an underlying device however this can cause corruption of the
    underlying device's flags or promisc/allmulti counts.
    
    When the software device is concurrently put in promiscous or allmulti
    mode while set_multicast_list is invoked from bottem half context, the
    device might synchronize the change to the underlying device without
    holding the rtnl_mutex, which races with concurrent changes to the
    underlying device.
    
    Add a dev->change_rx_flags hook that is invoked when any of the flags
    that affect rx filtering change (under the rtnl_mutex), which allows
    drivers to perform synchronization immediately and only synchronize
    the address lists in set_multicast_list/set_rx_mode.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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