netdev - Re: [PATCH net] inet: fix races with reqsk timers

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:18:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] inet: fix races with reqsk timers

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:09:13 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> reqsk_queue_destroy() and reqsk_queue_unlink() should use
> del_timer_sync() instead of del_timer() before calling reqsk_put(),
> otherwise we could free a req still used by another cpu.
> 
> But before doing so, reqsk_queue_destroy() must release syn_wait_lock
> spinlock or risk a dead lock, as reqsk_timer_handler() might
> need to take this same spinlock from reqsk_queue_unlink() (called from
> inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop())
> 
> Fixes: fa76ce7328b2 ("inet: get rid of central tcp/dccp listener timer")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.
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