netdev - [PATCH v1 net 03/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_adv_win

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Message-ID: <20220720165026.59712-4-kuniyu@amazon.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:50:14 -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 03/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale.

While reading sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale, 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>
---
 include/net/tcp.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 071735e10872..78a64e1b33a7 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ void tcp_select_initial_window(const struct sock *sk, int __space,
 
 static inline int tcp_win_from_space(const struct sock *sk, int space)
 {
-	int tcp_adv_win_scale = sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale;
+	int tcp_adv_win_scale = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale);
 
 	return tcp_adv_win_scale <= 0 ?
 		(space>>(-tcp_adv_win_scale)) :
-- 
2.30.2