netdev - Re: [PATCH net V3] virtio-net: fix the race between refill work and close

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Date:   Fri, 1 Jul 2022 13:47:14 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     mst <mst@...hat.com>, davem <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V3] virtio-net: fix the race between refill work and close

On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 12:03 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri,  1 Jul 2022 10:06:55 +0800 Jason Wang wrote:
> > We try using cancel_delayed_work_sync() to prevent the work from
> > enabling NAPI. This is insufficient since we don't disable the source
> > of the refill work scheduling. This means an NAPI poll callback after
> > cancel_delayed_work_sync() can schedule the refill work then can
> > re-enable the NAPI that leads to use-after-free [1].
> >
> > Since the work can enable NAPI, we can't simply disable NAPI before
> > calling cancel_delayed_work_sync(). So fix this by introducing a
> > dedicated boolean to control whether or not the work could be
> > scheduled from NAPI.
>
> Hm, does not apply cleanly to net or Linus's tree.

May bad, let me post a new version.

Thanks

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