netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf 4/4] xsk: fix potential race in SKB TX completion code

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 23:00:08 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
        bjorn.topel@...el.com, ast@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     qi.z.zhang@...el.com, pavel@...tnetmon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf 4/4] xsk: fix potential race in SKB TX completion code

On 06/27/2018 05:55 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On 06/27/2018 07:02 AM, Magnus Karlsson wrote:
>> There was a potential race in the TX completion code for
>> the SKB case when the TX napi thread and the error path
>> of the sendmsg code could both call the SKB destructor
>> at the same time. Fixed by introducing a spin_lock in the
>> destructor.
> 
> Wow, what is the impact on performance ?
> 
> Please describe a bit more what is the problem.

Agree, this should at min be better clarified in the commit log.

Thanks,
Daniel