netdev - [PATCH] mac80211: Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:18:02 +0300
From:	Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@...il.com>
To:	johannes@...solutions.net, linville@...driver.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access_pointer()

The "rcu_dereference()" calls are used directly in conditions.
Since their return values are never dereferenced it is recommended to
use "rcu_access_pointer()" instead of "rcu_dereference()".
Therefore, this patch makes the replacements.

The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used:
@@
@@

(
 if(
 (<+...
- rcu_dereference
+ rcu_access_pointer
  (...)
  ...+>)) {...}
|
 while(
 (<+...
- rcu_dereference
+ rcu_access_pointer
  (...)
  ...+>)) {...}
)

Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@...il.com>
---
 net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
index cf032a8..a6699dc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ void mesh_plink_broken(struct sta_info *sta)
 	tbl = rcu_dereference(mesh_paths);
 	for_each_mesh_entry(tbl, node, i) {
 		mpath = node->mpath;
-		if (rcu_dereference(mpath->next_hop) == sta &&
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(mpath->next_hop) == sta &&
 		    mpath->flags & MESH_PATH_ACTIVE &&
 		    !(mpath->flags & MESH_PATH_FIXED)) {
 			spin_lock_bh(&mpath->state_lock);
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ void mesh_path_flush_by_nexthop(struct sta_info *sta)
 	tbl = resize_dereference_mesh_paths();
 	for_each_mesh_entry(tbl, node, i) {
 		mpath = node->mpath;
-		if (rcu_dereference(mpath->next_hop) == sta) {
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(mpath->next_hop) == sta) {
 			spin_lock(&tbl->hashwlock[i]);
 			__mesh_path_del(tbl, node);
 			spin_unlock(&tbl->hashwlock[i]);
-- 
1.9.1

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html