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authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>2014-06-24 10:05:11 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-06-25 17:41:44 -0700
commitf88649721268999bdff09777847080a52004f691 (patch)
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parent99e72a0fed07d118d329f3046ad2ec2ae9357d63 (diff)
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ipv4: fix dst race in sk_dst_get()
When IP route cache had been removed in linux-3.6, we broke assumption that dst entries were all freed after rcu grace period. DST_NOCACHE dst were supposed to be freed from dst_release(). But it appears we want to keep such dst around, either in UDP sockets or tunnels. In sk_dst_get() we need to make sure dst refcount is not 0 before incrementing it, or else we might end up freeing a dst twice. DST_NOCACHE set on a dst does not mean this dst can not be attached to a socket or a tunnel. Then, before actual freeing, we need to observe a rcu grace period to make sure all other cpus can catch the fact the dst is no longer usable. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Reported-by: Dormando <dormando@rydia.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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