netdev - [PATCH net 2/2] geneve: lock RCU on TX path

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Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2017 11:43:37 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     oss-drivers@...ronome.com, kubakici@...pl,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>,
        "John W . Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] geneve: lock RCU on TX path

There is no guarantees that callers of the TX path will hold
the RCU lock.  Grab it explicitly.

Fixes: fceb9c3e3825 ("geneve: avoid using stale geneve socket.")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
---
 drivers/net/geneve.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index 45301cb98bc1..7074b40ebd7f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -881,12 +881,14 @@ static netdev_tx_t geneve_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		info = &geneve->info;
 	}
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	if (info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6)
 		err = geneve6_xmit_skb(skb, dev, geneve, info);
 	else
 #endif
 		err = geneve_xmit_skb(skb, dev, geneve, info);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (likely(!err))
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-- 
2.11.0