netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] fasync: RCU locking

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Message-ID: <4BC57E7D.9060706@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:36:13 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] fasync: RCU locking

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> -void __kill_fasync(struct fasync_struct *fa, int sig, int band)
> +/*
> + * rcu_read_lock() is held
> + */
> +static void kill_fasync_rcu(struct fasync_struct *fa, int sig, int band)
>  {
>  	while (fa) {
>  		struct fown_struct * fown;
> @@ -719,22 +728,19 @@ void __kill_fasync(struct fasync_struct *fa, int sig, int band)
>  		   mechanism. */
>  		if (!(sig == SIGURG && fown->signum == 0))
>  			send_sigio(fown, fa->fa_fd, band);
> -		fa = fa->fa_next;
> +		fa = rcu_dereference(fa->fa_next);
>  	}
>  }
>  

Since rcu_read_lock() protects fasync_struct *fa for us, we can access
to @fa safely even fasync_remove_entry() is just called.

But this patch does not ensure 'fa->fa_file is not freed' nor
'fa->fa_fd is not released', so kill_fasync_rcu() may do wrong thing
if there is no other code ensure it.
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