[PATCH net v3 1/1] packet: synchronize pressure clearing with ring reconfiguration
From: Zihan Xi <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-29 09:17:23
Subsystem:
networking [general], packet sockets, the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Willem de Bruijn, Linus Torvalds
packet_set_ring() updates the RX ring state under sk_receive_queue.lock,
but used to publish the tpacket receive mode through po->prot_hook.func
after releasing that lock. packet_poll() and packet_recvmsg() can then
run the pressure clearing path after the ring has been cleared while
still seeing tpacket_rcv, causing __packet_rcv_has_room() to dereference
stale or NULL ring storage.
Move the existing receive hook assignment into the same
sk_receive_queue.lock section as the ring state update. Keep the
assignment otherwise unchanged, including on TX ring reconfiguration, to
avoid adding behavior changes that are not required for the fix.
Serialize packet_recvmsg() pressure clearing with the same queue lock
only after PACKET_SOCK_PRESSURE has been observed. If the flag is clear
and the socket has moved away from tpacket_rcv, packet_set_ring() has
already detached the socket and waited for synchronize_net(), so no new
packet input can set the flag again.
packet_poll() already holds sk_receive_queue.lock, so it uses the new
unlocked helper directly.
Fixes: 2ccdbaa6d55b ("packet: rollover lock contention avoidance")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Vega <redacted>
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.4
Signed-off-by: Zihan Xi <redacted>
---
changes in v3:
- keep the original po->prot_hook.func assignment unchanged and only
move it under sk_receive_queue.lock
- document why the packet_recvmsg() pressure fast path is sufficient
- v2 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/f1cd534481c2397a36850ad039dcbfd38c3233ce.1784551898.git.zihanx@nebusec.ai/ (local)
changes in v2:
- only take sk_receive_queue.lock in packet_recvmsg() when
PACKET_SOCK_PRESSURE is already set
- keep packet_poll() on the unlocked helper under its existing queue lock
- v1 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/24f7311aed0c9ff06b8ea982647b82bf543ec369.1784454542.git.xizh2024@lzu.edu.cn/ (local)
net/packet/af_packet.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 8e6f3a734ba0..edf3bcf7bd73 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c@@ -1315,13 +1315,25 @@ static int packet_rcv_has_room(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb) return ret; } -static void packet_rcv_try_clear_pressure(struct packet_sock *po) +static void __packet_rcv_try_clear_pressure(struct packet_sock *po) { if (packet_sock_flag(po, PACKET_SOCK_PRESSURE) && __packet_rcv_has_room(po, NULL) == ROOM_NORMAL) packet_sock_flag_set(po, PACKET_SOCK_PRESSURE, false); } +static void packet_rcv_try_clear_pressure(struct packet_sock *po) +{ + struct sock *sk = &po->sk; + + if (!packet_sock_flag(po, PACKET_SOCK_PRESSURE)) + return; + + spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock); + __packet_rcv_try_clear_pressure(po); + spin_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock); +} + static void packet_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk) { skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_error_queue);
@@ -4304,7 +4316,7 @@ static __poll_t packet_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, TP_STATUS_KERNEL)) mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM; } - packet_rcv_try_clear_pressure(po); + __packet_rcv_try_clear_pressure(po); spin_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock); spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_write_queue.lock); if (po->tx_ring.pg_vec) {
@@ -4544,14 +4556,14 @@ static int packet_set_ring(struct sock *sk, union tpacket_req_u *req_u, rb->frame_max = (req->tp_frame_nr - 1); rb->head = 0; rb->frame_size = req->tp_frame_size; + po->prot_hook.func = (po->rx_ring.pg_vec) ? + tpacket_rcv : packet_rcv; spin_unlock_bh(&rb_queue->lock); swap(rb->pg_vec_order, order); swap(rb->pg_vec_len, req->tp_block_nr); rb->pg_vec_pages = req->tp_block_size/PAGE_SIZE; - po->prot_hook.func = (po->rx_ring.pg_vec) ? - tpacket_rcv : packet_rcv; skb_queue_purge(rb_queue); if (atomic_long_read(&po->mapped)) pr_err("packet_mmap: vma is busy: %ld\n",
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2.43.0