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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/addrconf.c21
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index a8d202b1b919..dd9c0c435f71 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -993,7 +993,6 @@ ipv6_add_addr(struct inet6_dev *idev, const struct in6_addr *addr,
struct net *net = dev_net(idev->dev);
struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa = NULL;
struct rt6_info *rt = NULL;
- struct in6_validator_info i6vi;
int err = 0;
int addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(addr);
@@ -1013,12 +1012,20 @@ ipv6_add_addr(struct inet6_dev *idev, const struct in6_addr *addr,
goto out;
}
- i6vi.i6vi_addr = *addr;
- i6vi.i6vi_dev = idev;
- err = inet6addr_validator_notifier_call_chain(NETDEV_UP, &i6vi);
- err = notifier_to_errno(err);
- if (err < 0)
- goto out;
+ /* validator notifier needs to be blocking;
+ * do not call in atomic context
+ */
+ if (can_block) {
+ struct in6_validator_info i6vi = {
+ .i6vi_addr = *addr,
+ .i6vi_dev = idev,
+ };
+
+ err = inet6addr_validator_notifier_call_chain(NETDEV_UP, &i6vi);
+ err = notifier_to_errno(err);
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto out;
+ }
ifa = kzalloc(sizeof(*ifa), gfp_flags);
if (!ifa) {