netdev - [PATCH net] rxrpc: Use correct netns source in rxrpc_release

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Date:   Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:09:53 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] rxrpc: Use correct netns source in rxrpc_release_sock()

In rxrpc_release_sock() there may be no rx->local value to access, so we
can't unconditionally follow it to the rxrpc network namespace information
to poke the connection reapers.

Instead, use the socket's namespace pointer to find the namespace.

This unfixed code causes the following static checker warning:

	net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c:898 rxrpc_release_sock()
	error: we previously assumed 'rx->local' could be null (see line 887)

Fixes: 3d18cbb7fd0c ("rxrpc: Fix conn expiry timers")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c b/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c
index 8f7cf4c042be..dcd818fa837e 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c
@@ -860,6 +860,7 @@ static void rxrpc_sock_destructor(struct sock *sk)
 static int rxrpc_release_sock(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct rxrpc_sock *rx = rxrpc_sk(sk);
+	struct rxrpc_net *rxnet = rxrpc_net(sock_net(&rx->sk));
 
 	_enter("%p{%d,%d}", sk, sk->sk_state, refcount_read(&sk->sk_refcnt));
 
@@ -895,8 +896,8 @@ static int rxrpc_release_sock(struct sock *sk)
 	rxrpc_release_calls_on_socket(rx);
 	flush_workqueue(rxrpc_workqueue);
 	rxrpc_purge_queue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
-	rxrpc_queue_work(&rx->local->rxnet->service_conn_reaper);
-	rxrpc_queue_work(&rx->local->rxnet->client_conn_reaper);
+	rxrpc_queue_work(&rxnet->service_conn_reaper);
+	rxrpc_queue_work(&rxnet->client_conn_reaper);
 
 	rxrpc_put_local(rx->local);
 	rx->local = NULL;