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[v2,1/6] net: rtnetlink: Fix incorrect RCU API usage

Message ID 20190223063434.6793-2-joel@joelfernandes.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series RCU fixes for rcu_assign_pointer() usage | expand

Commit Message

Joel Fernandes Feb. 23, 2019, 6:34 a.m. UTC
rtnl_register_internal() and rtnl_unregister_all tries to directly
dereference an RCU protected pointed outside RCU read side section.
While this is Ok to do since a lock is held, let us use the correct
API to avoid programmer bugs in the future.

This also fixes sparse warnings arising from not using RCU API.

net/core/rtnetlink.c:332:13: warning: incorrect type in assignment
(different address spaces) net/core/rtnetlink.c:332:13:    expected
struct rtnl_link **tab net/core/rtnetlink.c:332:13:    got struct
rtnl_link *[noderef] <asn:4>*<noident>

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
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 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Paul E. McKenney Feb. 25, 2019, 9:05 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 01:34:29AM -0500, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> rtnl_register_internal() and rtnl_unregister_all tries to directly
> dereference an RCU protected pointed outside RCU read side section.
> While this is Ok to do since a lock is held, let us use the correct
> API to avoid programmer bugs in the future.
> 
> This also fixes sparse warnings arising from not using RCU API.
> 
> net/core/rtnetlink.c:332:13: warning: incorrect type in assignment
> (different address spaces) net/core/rtnetlink.c:332:13:    expected
> struct rtnl_link **tab net/core/rtnetlink.c:332:13:    got struct
> rtnl_link *[noderef] <asn:4>*<noident>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>

From an RCU perspective:

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>

> ---
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> index 5ea1bed08ede..98be4b4818a9 100644
> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static int rtnl_register_internal(struct module *owner,
>  	msgindex = rtm_msgindex(msgtype);
>  
>  	rtnl_lock();
> -	tab = rtnl_msg_handlers[protocol];
> +	tab = rtnl_dereference(rtnl_msg_handlers[protocol]);
>  	if (tab == NULL) {
>  		tab = kcalloc(RTM_NR_MSGTYPES, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (!tab)
> @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void rtnl_unregister_all(int protocol)
>  	BUG_ON(protocol < 0 || protocol > RTNL_FAMILY_MAX);
>  
>  	rtnl_lock();
> -	tab = rtnl_msg_handlers[protocol];
> +	tab = rtnl_dereference(rtnl_msg_handlers[protocol]);
>  	if (!tab) {
>  		rtnl_unlock();
>  		return;
> -- 
> 2.21.0.rc0.258.g878e2cd30e-goog
>
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diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 5ea1bed08ede..98be4b4818a9 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@  static int rtnl_register_internal(struct module *owner,
 	msgindex = rtm_msgindex(msgtype);
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	tab = rtnl_msg_handlers[protocol];
+	tab = rtnl_dereference(rtnl_msg_handlers[protocol]);
 	if (tab == NULL) {
 		tab = kcalloc(RTM_NR_MSGTYPES, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tab)
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@  void rtnl_unregister_all(int protocol)
 	BUG_ON(protocol < 0 || protocol > RTNL_FAMILY_MAX);
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	tab = rtnl_msg_handlers[protocol];
+	tab = rtnl_dereference(rtnl_msg_handlers[protocol]);
 	if (!tab) {
 		rtnl_unlock();
 		return;