netdev - [PATCH v1 net 11/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_retrans

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Message-ID: <20220718172653.22111-12-kuniyu@amazon.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:26:49 -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 11/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_retrans_collapse.

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

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 51120407c570..c38e07b50639 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@ static void tcp_retrans_try_collapse(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *to,
 	struct sk_buff *skb = to, *tmp;
 	bool first = true;
 
-	if (!sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_retrans_collapse)
+	if (!READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_retrans_collapse))
 		return;
 	if (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags & TCPHDR_SYN)
 		return;
-- 
2.30.2