netdev - [PATCH net-next 11/12] mptcp: Safely read sequence number when lock isn't held

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Message-Id: <20200728221210.92841-12-mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:12:09 -0700
From:   Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>,
        mptcp@...ts.01.org, matthieu.baerts@...sares.net, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next 11/12] mptcp: Safely read sequence number when lock isn't held

The MPTCP socket's write_seq member should be read with READ_ONCE() when
the msk lock is not held.

Signed-off-by: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>
---
 net/mptcp/protocol.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index f264ea15e081..f2455a68d231 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ static void mptcp_retransmit_handler(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
 
-	if (atomic64_read(&msk->snd_una) == msk->write_seq) {
+	if (atomic64_read(&msk->snd_una) == READ_ONCE(msk->write_seq)) {
 		mptcp_stop_timer(sk);
 	} else {
 		set_bit(MPTCP_WORK_RTX, &msk->flags);
-- 
2.28.0