netdev - [PATCH v1 net 02/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_app

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:50:13 -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 02/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_app_win.

While reading sysctl_tcp_app_win, 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_input.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 6fdad9505396..8cf4fbd349ab 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static void tcp_grow_window(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
  */
 static void tcp_init_buffer_space(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	int tcp_app_win = sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_app_win;
+	int tcp_app_win = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_app_win);
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	int maxwin;
 
-- 
2.30.2