linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ipv4: fix a RCU-list lock in inet_dump

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Date:   Fri, 20 Mar 2020 09:23:58 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Qian Cai <cai@....pw>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     alexander.h.duyck@...ux.intel.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
        kuba@...nel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ipv4: fix a RCU-list lock in inet_dump_fib()

On 3/19/20 8:54 PM, Qian Cai wrote:
> There is a place,
> 
> inet_dump_fib()
>   fib_table_dump
>     fn_trie_dump_leaf()
>       hlist_for_each_entry_rcu()
> 
> without rcu_read_lock() will trigger a warning,
> 
>  WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
>  -----------------------------
>  net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:2216 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!
> 
>  other info that might help us debug this:
> 
>  rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
>  1 lock held by ip/1923:
>   #0: ffffffff8ce76e40 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}, at: netlink_dump+0xd6/0x840
> 
>  Call Trace:
>   dump_stack+0xa1/0xea
>   lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x103/0x10d
>   fn_trie_dump_leaf+0x581/0x590
>   fib_table_dump+0x15f/0x220
>   inet_dump_fib+0x4ad/0x5d0
>   netlink_dump+0x350/0x840
>   __netlink_dump_start+0x315/0x3e0
>   rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x4d1/0x720
>   netlink_rcv_skb+0xf0/0x220
>   rtnetlink_rcv+0x15/0x20
>   netlink_unicast+0x306/0x460
>   netlink_sendmsg+0x44b/0x770
>   __sys_sendto+0x259/0x270
>   __x64_sys_sendto+0x80/0xa0
>   do_syscall_64+0x69/0xf4
>   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xb3
> 
> Fixes: 18a8021a7be3 ("net/ipv4: Plumb support for filtering route dumps")
> Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
> ---
> 
> v2: Call rcu_read_unlock() before returning.
>     Add a "Fixes" tag per David.
> 
>  net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
> index 577db1d50a24..213be9c050ad 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
> @@ -997,7 +997,9 @@ static int inet_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
>  			return -ENOENT;
>  		}
>  
> +		rcu_read_lock();
>  		err = fib_table_dump(tb, skb, cb, &filter);
> +		rcu_read_unlock();
>  		return skb->len ? : err;
>  	}
>  
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>