netdev - Re: Kernel panic nf_nat_setup

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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:47:52 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	"\"Oleg A. Arkhangelsky\"" <sysoleg@...dex.ru>
Cc:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Paul E McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Kernel panic nf_nat_setup_info+0x5b3/0x6e0

Le jeudi 31 mars 2011 à 18:03 +0400, "Oleg A. Arkhangelsky" a écrit :
> 
> 26.03.2011, 16:44, "Changli Gao" <xiaosuo@...il.com>:
> > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>; wrote:
> >
> >>  Please try the patch attached and test if the problem is solved or not. Thanks.
> >
> > Any feedback? Thanks.
> >
> 
> Seems that patch is fine.
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21512
> 

I wonder if this is not hiding another bug.

Adding an RCU grace period might reduce the probability window.

By the time nf_conntrack_free(ct) is called, no other cpu/thread
could/should use ct, or ct->ext ?

Sure, another thread can find/pass_on ct in a lookup but should not use
it, since its refcount (ct_general.use) should be 0.

Patrick ?


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