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Message-ID: <5c506c95-1f18-9f6b-efd1-50e0f6d097da@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jan 2022 23:15:11 +0800
From:   Wen Gu <guwen@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Karsten Graul <kgraul@...ux.ibm.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/smc: Avoid setting clcsock options after clcsock
 released



On 2022/1/12 5:38 pm, Karsten Graul wrote:
> On 11/01/2022 17:34, Wen Gu wrote:
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> On 2022/1/11 6:03 pm, Karsten Graul wrote:
>>> On 10/01/2022 10:38, Wen Gu wrote:
>>>> We encountered a crash in smc_setsockopt() and it is caused by
>>>> accessing smc->clcsock after clcsock was released.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In the switch() the function smc_switch_to_fallback() might be called which also
>>> accesses smc->clcsock without further checking. This should also be protected then?
>>> Also from all callers of smc_switch_to_fallback() ?
>>>
> 
> Lets go with your initial patch (improved to address the access in smc_switch_to_fallback())
> for now because it solves your current problem.
> 

Since the upcoming v2 patch added clcsock check in smc_switch_to_fallback(),
the original subject is inappropriate.

So I sent a new patch named 'net/smc: Transitional solution for clcsock race issue'
instead of a v2.

Thanks,
Wen Gu

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