linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] Crash with NULL pointer dereference in bond_handle

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Date:	Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:46:32 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nicolas de Pesloüan 
	<nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Guy Streeter <streeter@...hat.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Crash with NULL pointer dereference in bond_handle_frame
 in -rt (possibly mainline)

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:48:56 +0100
Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com> wrote:

> index 0caa38e..c16b829 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -3332,8 +3332,8 @@ void netdev_rx_handler_unregister(struct net_device *dev)
>  {
>  
>  	ASSERT_RTNL();
> -	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->rx_handler, NULL);
> -	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->rx_handler_data, NULL);
> +	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->rx_handler, NULL);
> +	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->rx_handler_data, NULL);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netdev_rx_handler_unregister);
It is worth noting that at the time rcu_assign_pointer() had a special
case tat if the value was NULL it would compile into RCU_INIT_POINTER without
the barrier.
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