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    net_sched: close another race condition in tcf_mirred_release() · dc327f89
    WANG Cong authored
    We saw the following extra refcount release on veth device:
    
      kernel: [7957821.463992] unregister_netdevice: waiting for mesos50284 to become free. Usage count = -1
    
    Since we heavily use mirred action to redirect packets to veth, I think
    this is caused by the following race condition:
    
    CPU0:
    tcf_mirred_release(): (in RCU callback)
    	struct net_device *dev = rcu_dereference_protected(m->tcfm_dev, 1);
    
    CPU1:
    mirred_device_event():
            spin_lock_bh(&mirred_list_lock);
            list_for_each_entry(m, &mirred_list, tcfm_list) {
                    if (rcu_access_pointer(m->tcfm_dev) == dev) {
                            dev_put(dev);
                            /* Note : no rcu grace period necessary, as
                             * net_device are already rcu protected.
                             */
                            RCU_INIT_POINTER(m->tcfm_dev, NULL);
                    }
            }
            spin_unlock_bh(&mirred_list_lock);
    
    CPU0:
    tcf_mirred_release():
            spin_lock_bh(&mirred_list_lock);
            list_del(&m->tcfm_list);
            spin_unlock_bh(&mirred_list_lock);
            if (dev)               // <======== Stil refers to the old m->tcfm_dev
                    dev_put(dev);  // <======== dev_put() is called on it again
    
    The action init code path is good because it is impossible to modify
    an action that is being removed.
    
    So, fix this by moving everything under the spinlock.
    
    Fixes: 2ee22a90 ("net_sched: act_mirred: remove spinlock in fast path")
    Fixes: 6bd00b85
    
     ("act_mirred: fix a race condition on mirred_list")
    Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarCong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarJamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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