netdev - [PATCH v1 net 01/15] ipv4: Fix a data-race around sysctl_fib_multipath_use

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Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:26:39 -0700
From:   Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
CC:     Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>,
        Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@...il.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 net 01/15] ipv4: Fix a data-race around sysctl_fib_multipath_use_neigh.

While reading sysctl_fib_multipath_use_neigh, it can be changed
concurrently.  Thus, we need to add READ_ONCE() to its reader.

Fixes: a6db4494d218 ("net: ipv4: Consider failed nexthops in multipath routes")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
 net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index d9fdcbae16ee..db7b2503f068 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash)
 	}
 
 	change_nexthops(fi) {
-		if (net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_use_neigh) {
+		if (READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_use_neigh)) {
 			if (!fib_good_nh(nexthop_nh))
 				continue;
 			if (!first) {
-- 
2.30.2