linux-kernel - Re: [netfilter bug] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: ssh/9115, caller is ipt_do

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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2009 23:16:06 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, coreteam@...filter.org
Subject: Re: [netfilter bug] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible
	[00000000] code: ssh/9115, caller is ipt_do_table+0xc8/0x559


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> * Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> wrote:
> 
> > David put into its tree fix for that a few hours ago
> > 
> > commit fa9a86ddc8ecd2830a5e773facc250f110300ae7
> > 
> > (netfilter: iptables: lock free counters) forgot to disable BH
> > in arpt_do_table(), ipt_do_table() and  ip6t_do_table()
> > 
> > Use rcu_read_lock_bh() instead of rcu_read_lock() cures the problem.
> 
> ok, got your fix (attached below), thanks Eric for the pointer.
> 
> But i think my fix might be slightly better, because it does not 
> manipulate the preempt counter and leaves preemption enabled.
> 
> There's no BH context worries since this code did not seem to have 
> BH protection before either. (it used a plain read_lock(), not 
> read_lock_bh(), AFAICS)
> 
> I dont see any preemption worries either. I must be missing 
> something :)

as per the other mail - what i missed was that the old code _did_ 
use read_lock_bh(), which did not get carried over into the 
rcu_read_lock().

So this fix affects basically all things netfilter, not just 
rcu-preempt - a plain rcu_read_lock() doesnt protect against BH 
context interaction.

	Ingo
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