netdev - Re: [PATCH net V2] tuntap: correctly wake up process during uninit

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 04:25:04 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Xi Wang <xii@...gle.com>,
	"Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V2] tuntap: correctly wake up process during uninit

On Thu, 2016-05-19 at 13:36 +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> We used to check dev->reg_state against NETREG_REGISTERED after each
> time we are woke up. But after commit 9e641bdcfa4e ("net-tun:
> restructure tun_do_read for better sleep/wakeup efficiency"), it uses
> skb_recv_datagram() which does not check dev->reg_state. This will
> result if we delete a tun/tap device after a process is blocked in the
> reading. The device will wait for the reference count which was held
> by that process for ever.
> 
> Fixes this by using RCV_SHUTDOWN which will be checked during
> sk_recv_datagram() before trying to wake up the process during uninit.
> 
> Fixes: 9e641bdcfa4e ("net-tun: restructure tun_do_read for better
> sleep/wakeup efficiency")
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Xi Wang <xii@...gle.com>
> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks !