netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 08/11] net: sched: don't release reference on action overwrite

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Message-ID: <vbfa7pox3o6.fsf@reg-r-vrt-018-180.mtr.labs.mlnx>
Date:   Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:23:53 +0300
From:   Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Yevgeny Kliteynik <kliteyn@...lanox.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 08/11] net: sched: don't release reference on action overwrite

On Mon 13 Aug 2018 at 23:00, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 7:24 AM Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com> wrote:
>> diff --git a/net/sched/act_ife.c b/net/sched/act_ife.c
>> index 89a761395c94..acea3feae762 100644
>> --- a/net/sched/act_ife.c
>> +++ b/net/sched/act_ife.c
> ...
>> @@ -548,6 +546,8 @@ static int tcf_ife_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
>>
>>                         if (exists)
>>                                 spin_unlock_bh(&ife->tcf_lock);
>> +                       tcf_idr_release(*a, bind);
>> +
>>                         kfree(p);
>>                         return err;
>>                 }
>
> With this change, you seem release it twice when nla_parse_nested() fails
> for ACT_P_CREATED case...?

Thank you, great catch!

>
> Looks like what you want is the following?
>
>                 if (err) {
>                         tcf_idr_release(*a, bind);
>                         kfree(p);
>                         return err;
>                 }

Yes. Sending the fix.