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author | Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br> | 2012-02-21 16:04:13 -0500 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-02-21 16:28:10 -0500 |
commit | 84338a6c9dbb6ff3de4749864020f8f25d86fc81 (patch) | |
tree | 100409d99686fa989c64d4f5aa12721a3fafa5d8 /include/linux/if_link.h | |
parent | 3d8f93083be54696d3b7f8e8c6c70d411d01f9e8 (diff) |
neighbour: Fixed race condition at tbl->nht
When the fixed race condition happens:
1. While function neigh_periodic_work scans the neighbor hash table
pointed by field tbl->nht, it unlocks and locks tbl->lock between
buckets in order to call cond_resched.
2. Assume that function neigh_periodic_work calls cond_resched, that is,
the lock tbl->lock is available, and function neigh_hash_grow runs.
3. Once function neigh_hash_grow finishes, and RCU calls
neigh_hash_free_rcu, the original struct neigh_hash_table that function
neigh_periodic_work was using doesn't exist anymore.
4. Once back at neigh_periodic_work, whenever the old struct
neigh_hash_table is accessed, things can go badly.
Signed-off-by: Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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