linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.16 0603/1017] samples/bpf, xdpsock: Fix race when running for fix duration of time

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Date:   Tue,  5 Apr 2022 09:25:16 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@...igine.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.16 0603/1017] samples/bpf, xdpsock: Fix race when running for fix duration of time

From: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@...igine.com>

[ Upstream commit 8fa42d78f6354bb96ad3a079dcbef528ca9fa9e0 ]

When running xdpsock for a fix duration of time before terminating
using --duration=<n>, there is a race condition that may cause xdpsock
to terminate immediately.

When running for a fixed duration of time the check to determine when to
terminate execution is in is_benchmark_done() and is being executed in
the context of the poller thread,

    if (opt_duration > 0) {
            unsigned long dt = (get_nsecs() - start_time);

            if (dt >= opt_duration)
                    benchmark_done = true;
    }

However start_time is only set after the poller thread have been
created. This leaves a small window when the poller thread is starting
and calls is_benchmark_done() for the first time that start_time is not
yet set. In that case start_time have its initial value of 0 and the
duration check fails as it do not correlate correctly for the
applications start time and immediately sets benchmark_done which in
turn terminates the xdpsock application.

Fix this by setting start_time before creating the poller thread.

Fixes: d3f11b018f6c ("samples/bpf: xdpsock: Add duration option to specify how long to run")
Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@...igine.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220315102948.466436-1-niklas.soderlund@corigine.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
index 49d7a6ad7e39..1fb79b3ecdd5 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
@@ -1673,14 +1673,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 
+	prev_time = get_nsecs();
+	start_time = prev_time;
+
 	if (!opt_quiet) {
 		ret = pthread_create(&pt, NULL, poller, NULL);
 		if (ret)
 			exit_with_error(ret);
 	}
 
-	prev_time = get_nsecs();
-	start_time = prev_time;
 
 	if (opt_bench == BENCH_RXDROP)
 		rx_drop_all();
-- 
2.34.1