tcp: fix a timewait refcnt race
After TCP RCU conversion, tw->tw_refcnt should not be set to 1 in
inet_twsk_alloc(). It allows a RCU reader to get this timewait socket,
while we not yet stabilized it.
Only choice we have is to set tw_refcnt to 0 in inet_twsk_alloc(),
then atomic_add() it later, once everything is done.
Location of this atomic_add() is tricky, because we dont want another
writer to find this timewait in ehash, while tw_refcnt is still zero !
Thanks to Kapil Dakhane tests and reports.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index 11a107a..0fdf45e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@
tw->tw_tb = icsk->icsk_bind_hash;
WARN_ON(!icsk->icsk_bind_hash);
inet_twsk_add_bind_node(tw, &tw->tw_tb->owners);
- atomic_inc(&tw->tw_refcnt);
spin_unlock(&bhead->lock);
spin_lock(lock);
@@ -119,13 +118,22 @@
* Should be done before removing sk from established chain
* because readers are lockless and search established first.
*/
- atomic_inc(&tw->tw_refcnt);
inet_twsk_add_node_rcu(tw, &ehead->twchain);
/* Step 3: Remove SK from established hash. */
if (__sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(sk))
sock_prot_inuse_add(sock_net(sk), sk->sk_prot, -1);
+ /*
+ * Notes :
+ * - We initially set tw_refcnt to 0 in inet_twsk_alloc()
+ * - We add one reference for the bhash link
+ * - We add one reference for the ehash link
+ * - We want this refcnt update done before allowing other
+ * threads to find this tw in ehash chain.
+ */
+ atomic_add(1 + 1 + 1, &tw->tw_refcnt);
+
spin_unlock(lock);
}
@@ -157,7 +165,12 @@
tw->tw_transparent = inet->transparent;
tw->tw_prot = sk->sk_prot_creator;
twsk_net_set(tw, hold_net(sock_net(sk)));
- atomic_set(&tw->tw_refcnt, 1);
+ /*
+ * Because we use RCU lookups, we should not set tw_refcnt
+ * to a non null value before everything is setup for this
+ * timewait socket.
+ */
+ atomic_set(&tw->tw_refcnt, 0);
inet_twsk_dead_node_init(tw);
__module_get(tw->tw_prot->owner);
}