linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.8 02/45] virtio-net: add a missing synchronize

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Message-Id: <20161209161755.006447927@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Fri,  9 Dec 2016 17:20:31 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 4.8 02/45] virtio-net: add a missing synchronize_net()

4.8-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


[ Upstream commit 963abe5c8a0273a1cf5913556da1b1189de0e57a ]

It seems many drivers do not respect napi_hash_del() contract.

When napi_hash_del() is used before netif_napi_del(), an RCU grace
period is needed before freeing NAPI object.

Fixes: 91815639d880 ("virtio-net: rx busy polling support")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -1468,6 +1468,11 @@ static void virtnet_free_queues(struct v
 		netif_napi_del(&vi->rq[i].napi);
 	}
 
+	/* We called napi_hash_del() before netif_napi_del(),
+	 * we need to respect an RCU grace period before freeing vi->rq
+	 */
+	synchronize_net();
+
 	kfree(vi->rq);
 	kfree(vi->sq);
 }