netdev - Re: [PATCH v5] sctp: fix ASCONF list handling

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Date:	Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:56:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Cc:	nhorman@...driver.com, hannes@...essinduktion.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
	daniel@...earbox.net, vyasevich@...il.com, micchie@....wide.ad.jp
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] sctp: fix ASCONF list handling

From: marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:16:41 -0300

> From: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
> 
> ->auto_asconf_splist is per namespace and mangled by functions like
> sctp_setsockopt_auto_asconf() which doesn't guarantee any serialization.
> 
> Also, the call to inet_sk_copy_descendant() was backuping
> ->auto_asconf_list through the copy but was not honoring
> ->do_auto_asconf, which could lead to list corruption if it was
> different between both sockets.
> 
> This commit thus fixes the list handling by using ->addr_wq_lock
> spinlock to protect the list. A special handling is done upon socket
> creation and destruction for that. Error handlig on sctp_init_sock()
> will never return an error after having initialized asconf, so
> sctp_destroy_sock() can be called without addrq_wq_lock. The lock now
> will be take on sctp_close_sock(), before locking the socket, so we
> don't do it in inverse order compared to sctp_addr_wq_timeout_handler().
> 
> Instead of taking the lock on sctp_sock_migrate() for copying and
> restoring the list values, it's preferred to avoid rewritting it by
> implementing sctp_copy_descendant().
> 
> Issue was found with a test application that kept flipping sysctl
> default_auto_asconf on and off, but one could trigger it by issuing
> simultaneous setsockopt() calls on multiple sockets or by
> creating/destroying sockets fast enough. This is only triggerable
> locally.
> 
> Fixes: 9f7d653b67ae ("sctp: Add Auto-ASCONF support (core).")
> Reported-by: Ji Jianwen <jiji@...hat.com>
> Suggested-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
> Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>

Applied, thank you.
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