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[net,02/12] netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser

Message ID 20240304082046.64977-3-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit cfd9f4a740f772298308b2e6070d2c744fb5cf79
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series netrom: Fix all the data-races around sysctls | expand

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netdev/fixes_present success Fixes tag present in non-next series
netdev/header_inline success No static functions without inline keyword in header files
netdev/build_32bit success Errors and warnings before: 956 this patch: 956
netdev/build_tools success No tools touched, skip
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netdev/check_selftest success No net selftest shell script
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netdev/build_allmodconfig_warn success Errors and warnings before: 972 this patch: 972
netdev/checkpatch warning WARNING: line length of 91 exceeds 80 columns
netdev/build_clang_rust success No Rust files in patch. Skipping build
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netdev/contest success net-next-2024-03-05--21-00 (tests: 892)

Commit Message

Jason Xing March 4, 2024, 8:20 a.m. UTC 
From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>

We need to protect the reader reading the sysctl value
because the value can be changed concurrently.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
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 net/netrom/nr_route.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_route.c b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
index 6f709fdffc11..b8ddd8048f35 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@  int nr_route_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, ax25_cb *ax25)
 	if (ax25 != NULL) {
 		ret = nr_add_node(nr_src, "", &ax25->dest_addr, ax25->digipeat,
 				  ax25->ax25_dev->dev, 0,
-				  sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser);
+				  READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser));
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}