This problem occurs only if NET_MPSAFE on.
ifconfig destroy side:
kernel entry point is ifioctl => if_clone_destroy.
pr_purgeif() acquires softnet_lock, and then ifa_remove() calls
pserialize_perform() holding softnet_lock.
ifconfig side:
kernel entry point is socreate.
pr_attach()(udp_attach_wrapper()) calls sosetlock(). In this call path,
sosetlock() try to acquire softnet_lock.
These can cause dead lock.
This change makes struct ifaddr and its variants (in_ifaddr and in6_ifaddr)
MP-safe by using pserialize and psref. At this moment, pserialize_perform
and psref_target_destroy are disabled because (1) we don't need them
because of softnet_lock (2) they cause a deadlock because of softnet_lock.
So we'll enable them when we remove softnet_lock in the future.
Having a pointer of an interface in a mbuf isn't safe if we remove big
kernel locks; an interface object (ifnet) can be destroyed anytime in any
packet processing and accessing such object via a pointer is racy. Instead
we have to get an object from the interface collection (ifindex2ifnet) via
an interface index (if_index) that is stored to a mbuf instead of an
pointer.
The change provides two APIs: m_{get,put}_rcvif_psref that use psref(9)
for sleep-able critical sections and m_{get,put}_rcvif that use
pserialize(9) for other critical sections. The change also adds another
API called m_get_rcvif_NOMPSAFE, that is NOT MP-safe and for transition
moratorium, i.e., it is intended to be used for places where are not
planned to be MP-ified soon.
The change adds some overhead due to psref to performance sensitive paths,
however the overhead is not serious, 2% down at worst.
Proposed on tech-kern and tech-net.
