netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: gso: avoid refcount_t warning from tcp_gso

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Date:   Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:08:42 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, elena.reshetova@...el.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: gso: avoid refcount_t warning from
 tcp_gso_segment()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 15:15:04 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> When a GSO skb of truesize O is segmented into 2 new skbs of truesize N1
> and N2, we want to transfer socket ownership to the new fresh skbs.
> 
> In order to avoid expensive atomic operations on a cache line subject to
> cache bouncing, we replace the sequence :
> 
> refcount_add(N1, &sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
> refcount_add(N2, &sk->sk_wmem_alloc); // repeated by number of segments
> 
> refcount_sub(O, &sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
> 
> by a single
> 
> refcount_add(sum_of(N) - O, &sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
> 
> Problem is :
> 
> In some pathological cases, sum(N) - O might be a negative number, and
> syzkaller bot was apparently able to trigger this trace [1]
> 
> 
> atomic_t was ok with this construct, but we need to take care of the
> negative delta with refcount_t
 ...
> Fixes: 14afee4b6092 ("net: convert sock.sk_wmem_alloc from atomic_t to refcount_t")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Eric.