netdev - Re: [PATCH v3.17 .. v3.19] lib/rhashtable: fix race between rhashtable_lookup

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Date:	Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:07:43 +0900
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3.17 .. v3.19] lib/rhashtable: fix race between
 rhashtable_lookup_compare and hashtable resize

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 01:48:17PM +0300, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> Hash value passed as argument into rhashtable_lookup_compare could be
> computed using different hash table than rhashtable_lookup_compare sees.
> 
> This patch passes key into rhashtable_lookup_compare() instead of hash and
> compures hash value right in place using the same table as for lookup.
> 
> Also it adds comment for rhashtable_hashfn and rhashtable_obj_hashfn:
> user must prevent concurrent insert/remove otherwise returned hash value
> could be invalid.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
> Fixes: e341694e3eb5 ("netlink: Convert netlink_lookup() to use RCU protected hash table")
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150514042151.GA5482@gondor.apana.org.au
> Cc: Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> (v3.17 .. v3.19)

This could indeed explain Eric's problems with those kernels.  Eric,
can you rerun your test to see if this patch makes your problem go
away on the pre-4.0 kernels?

Thanks!
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