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Re: [PATCH net-next] xfrm: fix RCU bugs

From: Fan Du <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-20 04:39:08

Hi Eric

Please correct me if I'm wrong about below comments.

On 2012年08月19日 18:31, Eric Dumazet wrote:
From: Eric Dumazet<edumazet@google.com>

This patch reverts commit 56892261ed1a (xfrm: Use rcu_dereference_bh to
deference pointer protected by rcu_read_lock_bh), and fixes bugs
introduced in commit 418a99ac6ad ( Replace rwlock on xfrm_policy_afinfo
with rcu )

1) We properly use RCU variant in this file, not a mix of RCU/RCU_BH

2) We must defer some writes after the synchronize_rcu() call or a reader
  can crash dereferencing NULL pointer.
Not exactly.

net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
static void __exit xfrm4_policy_fini(void)
   -> xfrm_policy_unregister_afinfo

IMHO, ip stack can never be compiled as module, so is xfrm4_policy_fini
freed up after system bootup? which means xfrm4_policy_fini can never be
called.

so an dereferencing NULL pointer by a reader could not happen.
3) Now we use the xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock spinlock only from process
context, we no longer need to block BH in xfrm_policy_register_afinfo()
and xfrm_policy_unregister_afinfo()
I don't think it's related to what kinds of locks we are using.
we call xfrm_policy_register_afinfo in process context, but actually
what xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock protected can be used in soft irq context.
that's why xx_bh is used in:

e959d812 " [XFRM]: fix incorrect xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock use"

Is such scenario still valid?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
4) Can use RCU_INIT_POINTER() instead of rcu_assign_pointer() in
xfrm_policy_unregister_afinfo()

5) Remove a forward inline declaration (xfrm_policy_put_afinfo()),
   and also move xfrm_policy_get_afinfo() declaration.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet<edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Fan Du<redacted>
Cc: Priyanka Jain<redacted>
---
  net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c |   76 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
  1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 6405764..e52f50f 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ static struct xfrm_policy_afinfo __rcu *xfrm_policy_afinfo[NPROTO]

  static struct kmem_cache *xfrm_dst_cache __read_mostly;

-static struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *xfrm_policy_get_afinfo(unsigned short family);
-static inline void xfrm_policy_put_afinfo(struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo);
  static void xfrm_init_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst);
  static int stale_bundle(struct dst_entry *dst);
  static int xfrm_bundle_ok(struct xfrm_dst *xdst);
@@ -96,6 +94,24 @@ bool xfrm_selector_match(const struct xfrm_selector *sel, const struct flowi *fl
  	return false;
  }

+static struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *xfrm_policy_get_afinfo(unsigned short family)
+{
+	struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo;
+
+	if (unlikely(family>= NPROTO))
+		return NULL;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[family]);
+	if (unlikely(!afinfo))
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	return afinfo;
+}
+
+static void xfrm_policy_put_afinfo(struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo)
+{
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
  static inline struct dst_entry *__xfrm_dst_lookup(struct net *net, int tos,
  						  const xfrm_address_t *saddr,
  						  const xfrm_address_t *daddr,
@@ -2419,7 +2435,7 @@ int xfrm_policy_register_afinfo(struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo)
  		return -EINVAL;
  	if (unlikely(afinfo->family>= NPROTO))
  		return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
-	spin_lock_bh(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);
+	spin_lock(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);
  	if (unlikely(xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family] != NULL))
  		err = -ENOBUFS;
  	else {
@@ -2442,7 +2458,7 @@ int xfrm_policy_register_afinfo(struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo)
  			afinfo->garbage_collect = xfrm_garbage_collect_deferred;
  		rcu_assign_pointer(xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family], afinfo);
  	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);

  	rtnl_lock();
  	for_each_net(net) {
@@ -2475,23 +2491,26 @@ int xfrm_policy_unregister_afinfo(struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo)
  		return -EINVAL;
  	if (unlikely(afinfo->family>= NPROTO))
  		return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
-	spin_lock_bh(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);
+	spin_lock(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);
  	if (likely(xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family] != NULL)) {
  		if (unlikely(xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family] != afinfo))
  			err = -EINVAL;
-		else {
-			struct dst_ops *dst_ops = afinfo->dst_ops;
-			rcu_assign_pointer(xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family],
-									NULL);
-			dst_ops->kmem_cachep = NULL;
-			dst_ops->check = NULL;
-			dst_ops->negative_advice = NULL;
-			dst_ops->link_failure = NULL;
-			afinfo->garbage_collect = NULL;
-		}
+		else
+			RCU_INIT_POINTER(xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family],
+					 NULL);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);
+	if (!err) {
+		struct dst_ops *dst_ops = afinfo->dst_ops;
+
+		synchronize_rcu();
+
+		dst_ops->kmem_cachep = NULL;
+		dst_ops->check = NULL;
+		dst_ops->negative_advice = NULL;
+		dst_ops->link_failure = NULL;
+		afinfo->garbage_collect = NULL;
  	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);
-	synchronize_rcu();
  	return err;
  }
  EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_policy_unregister_afinfo);
@@ -2500,32 +2519,15 @@ static void __net_init xfrm_dst_ops_init(struct net *net)
  {
  	struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo;

-	rcu_read_lock_bh();
-	afinfo = rcu_dereference_bh(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET]);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET]);
  	if (afinfo)
  		net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops = *afinfo->dst_ops;
  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	afinfo = rcu_dereference_bh(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET6]);
+	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET6]);
  	if (afinfo)
  		net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops = *afinfo->dst_ops;
  #endif
-	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
-}
-
-static struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *xfrm_policy_get_afinfo(unsigned short family)
-{
-	struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo;
-	if (unlikely(family>= NPROTO))
-		return NULL;
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[family]);
-	if (unlikely(!afinfo))
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	return afinfo;
-}
-
-static inline void xfrm_policy_put_afinfo(struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo)
-{
  	rcu_read_unlock();
  }


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