netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] bpf: cpumap fix potential lost wake-up problem

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2017 22:34:37 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:     Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <borkmann@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] bpf: cpumap fix potential lost wake-up problem

On 10/23/2017 07:39 PM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> As pointed out by Michael, commit 1c601d829ab0 ("bpf: cpumap xdp_buff
> to skb conversion and allocation") contains a classical example of the
> potential lost wake-up problem.
>
> We need to recheck the condition __ptr_ring_empty() after changing
> current->state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, this avoids a race between
> wake_up_process() and schedule(). After this, a race with
> wake_up_process() will simply change the state to TASK_RUNNING, and
> the schedule() call not really put us to sleep.
>
> Fixes: 1c601d829ab0 ("bpf: cpumap xdp_buff to skb conversion and allocation")
> Reported-by: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>

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