netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove unsafe skb

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Date:   Sun, 25 Nov 2018 15:37:43 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, faisal.latif@...el.com,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, jgg@...pe.ca,
        linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove unsafe skb_insert()

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 10:29 AM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 08:26:23 -0800
>
> > I do not see how one can effectively use skb_insert() without holding
> > some kind of lock. Otherwise other cpus could have changed the list
> > right before we have a chance of acquiring list->lock.
> >
> > Only existing user is in drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_mgt.c and this
> > one probably meant to use __skb_insert() since it appears nesqp->pau_list
> > is protected by nesqp->pau_lock. This looks like nesqp->pau_lock
> > could be removed, since nesqp->pau_list.lock could be used instead.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
> Good find.
>
> Indeed, any of the queue SKB manipulation functions that take two SKBs
> as an argument are suspect in this manner.
>
> Applied, thanks Eric.

Oh well, this does not build.

Since you have not pushed your tree yet, maybe we can replace this
with a version that actually compiles.

Please let me know if a relative patch or a v2 is needed, thanks.