netdev - Re: [PATCH] bonding: fix race that causes invalid statistics

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Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:38:13 -0500
From:	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, csnook@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: fix race that causes invalid statistics

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 03:59:03PM -0800, Jay Osbourn wrote:
> Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> wrote:
> 
> >+	memcpy(stats,&local_stats,sizeof(net_device_stats));
> 
> 	FYI, this generates a compiler error (missing the word "struct"
> in here).  Other than not compiling, the patch seems reasonable.  I'll
> fix it up and include it in the series I'll post tomorrow or so.
> 
> 	-J
> 

Crap.  Here's the one I intended to send.

Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
Signed-off-by: Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>

---

 bond_main.c |   57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 49a1982..901de6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3769,41 +3769,44 @@ static struct net_device_stats *bond_get_stats(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = bond_dev->priv;
 	struct net_device_stats *stats = &(bond->stats), *sstats;
+	struct net_device_stats local_stats;
 	struct slave *slave;
 	int i;
 
-	memset(stats, 0, sizeof(struct net_device_stats));
+	memset(&local_stats, 0, sizeof(struct net_device_stats));
 
 	read_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
 
 	bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, i) {
 		sstats = slave->dev->get_stats(slave->dev);
-		stats->rx_packets += sstats->rx_packets;
-		stats->rx_bytes += sstats->rx_bytes;
-		stats->rx_errors += sstats->rx_errors;
-		stats->rx_dropped += sstats->rx_dropped;
-
-		stats->tx_packets += sstats->tx_packets;
-		stats->tx_bytes += sstats->tx_bytes;
-		stats->tx_errors += sstats->tx_errors;
-		stats->tx_dropped += sstats->tx_dropped;
-
-		stats->multicast += sstats->multicast;
-		stats->collisions += sstats->collisions;
-
-		stats->rx_length_errors += sstats->rx_length_errors;
-		stats->rx_over_errors += sstats->rx_over_errors;
-		stats->rx_crc_errors += sstats->rx_crc_errors;
-		stats->rx_frame_errors += sstats->rx_frame_errors;
-		stats->rx_fifo_errors += sstats->rx_fifo_errors;
-		stats->rx_missed_errors += sstats->rx_missed_errors;
-
-		stats->tx_aborted_errors += sstats->tx_aborted_errors;
-		stats->tx_carrier_errors += sstats->tx_carrier_errors;
-		stats->tx_fifo_errors += sstats->tx_fifo_errors;
-		stats->tx_heartbeat_errors += sstats->tx_heartbeat_errors;
-		stats->tx_window_errors += sstats->tx_window_errors;
-	}
+		local_stats.rx_packets += sstats->rx_packets;
+		local_stats.rx_bytes += sstats->rx_bytes;
+		local_stats.rx_errors += sstats->rx_errors;
+		local_stats.rx_dropped += sstats->rx_dropped;
+
+		local_stats.tx_packets += sstats->tx_packets;
+		local_stats.tx_bytes += sstats->tx_bytes;
+		local_stats.tx_errors += sstats->tx_errors;
+		local_stats.tx_dropped += sstats->tx_dropped;
+
+		local_stats.multicast += sstats->multicast;
+		local_stats.collisions += sstats->collisions;
+
+		local_stats.rx_length_errors += sstats->rx_length_errors;
+		local_stats.rx_over_errors += sstats->rx_over_errors;
+		local_stats.rx_crc_errors += sstats->rx_crc_errors;
+		local_stats.rx_frame_errors += sstats->rx_frame_errors;
+		local_stats.rx_fifo_errors += sstats->rx_fifo_errors;
+		local_stats.rx_missed_errors += sstats->rx_missed_errors;
+
+		local_stats.tx_aborted_errors += sstats->tx_aborted_errors;
+		local_stats.tx_carrier_errors += sstats->tx_carrier_errors;
+		local_stats.tx_fifo_errors += sstats->tx_fifo_errors;
+		local_stats.tx_heartbeat_errors += sstats->tx_heartbeat_errors;
+		local_stats.tx_window_errors += sstats->tx_window_errors;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(stats,&local_stats,sizeof(struct net_device_stats));
 
 	read_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
 
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