This patch adds a separate workqueue for cleaning up a network namespace. If we use the keventd workqueue to execute cleanup_net(), there is a problem to unregister devices in IPv6. Indeed the code that cleans up also schedule work in keventd: as long as cleanup_net() hasn't return, dst_gc_task() cannot run and as long as dst_gc_task() has not run, there are still some references pending on the net devices and cleanup_net() can not unregister and exit the keventd workqueue. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano Signed-off-by: Benjamin Thery Acked-by: Denis V. Lunev Acked-By: Kirill Korotaev --- net/core/net_namespace.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6-netns/net/core/net_namespace.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-netns.orig/net/core/net_namespace.c +++ linux-2.6-netns/net/core/net_namespace.c @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ out_undo: #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS static struct kmem_cache *net_cachep; +static struct workqueue_struct *netns_wq; static struct net *net_alloc(void) { @@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ void __put_net(struct net *net) { /* Cleanup the network namespace in process context */ INIT_WORK(&net->work, cleanup_net); - schedule_work(&net->work); + queue_work(netns_wq, &net->work); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__put_net); @@ -171,7 +172,13 @@ static int __init net_ns_init(void) net_cachep = kmem_cache_create("net_namespace", sizeof(struct net), SMP_CACHE_BYTES, SLAB_PANIC, NULL); + + /* Create workqueue for cleanup */ + netns_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("netns"); + if (!netns_wq) + panic("Could not create netns workq"); #endif + mutex_lock(&net_mutex); err = setup_net(&init_net); -- _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers