From 941297f443f871b8c3372feccf27a8733f6ce9e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:03:40 +0200 Subject: netfilter: nf_conntrack: nf_conntrack_alloc() fixes When a slab cache uses SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, we must be careful when allocating objects, since slab allocator could give a freed object still used by lockless readers. In particular, nf_conntrack RCU lookups rely on ct->tuplehash[xxx].hnnode.next being always valid (ie containing a valid 'nulls' value, or a valid pointer to next object in hash chain.) kmem_cache_zalloc() setups object with NULL values, but a NULL value is not valid for ct->tuplehash[xxx].hnnode.next. Fix is to call kmem_cache_alloc() and do the zeroing ourself. As spotted by Patrick, we also need to make sure lookup keys are committed to memory before setting refcount to 1, or a lockless reader could get a reference on the old version of the object. Its key re-check could then pass the barrier. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy --- Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt index 93cb28d05dcd..18f9651ff23d 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt @@ -83,11 +83,12 @@ not detect it missed following items in original chain. obj = kmem_cache_alloc(...); lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock() obj->key = key; -atomic_inc(&obj->refcnt); /* * we need to make sure obj->key is updated before obj->next + * or obj->refcnt */ smp_wmb(); +atomic_set(&obj->refcnt, 1); hlist_add_head_rcu(&obj->obj_node, list); unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock() @@ -159,6 +160,10 @@ out: obj = kmem_cache_alloc(cachep); lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock() obj->key = key; +/* + * changes to obj->key must be visible before refcnt one + */ +smp_wmb(); atomic_set(&obj->refcnt, 1); /* * insert obj in RCU way (readers might be traversing chain) -- cgit v1.2.3