In the nsim_create(), rtnl_lock() is called before nsim_bpf_init(). If nsim_bpf_init() is failed, rtnl_unlock() should be called, but it isn't called. So, unbalanced locking would occur.
Fixes: e05b2d141fef ("netdevsim: move netdev creation/destruction to dev probe") Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420...@gmail.com> --- v1->v2: - Change error path label name. drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c index 2908e0a0d6e1..23950e7a0f81 100644 --- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ nsim_create(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev, struct nsim_dev_port *nsim_dev_port) rtnl_lock(); err = nsim_bpf_init(ns); if (err) - goto err_free_netdev; + goto err_rtnl_unlock; nsim_ipsec_init(ns); @@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ nsim_create(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev, struct nsim_dev_port *nsim_dev_port) err_ipsec_teardown: nsim_ipsec_teardown(ns); nsim_bpf_uninit(ns); +err_rtnl_unlock: rtnl_unlock(); -err_free_netdev: free_netdev(dev); return ERR_PTR(err); } -- 2.17.1