netdev - [PATCH v1 net 13/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_min_rtt

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:50:24 -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>, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 net 13/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_min_rtt_wlen.

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

Fixes: f672258391b4 ("tcp: track min RTT using windowed min-filter")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
CC: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.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 d386a69b1c05..96d11f8ab729 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -3058,7 +3058,7 @@ static void tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, const u32 prior_snd_una,
 
 static void tcp_update_rtt_min(struct sock *sk, u32 rtt_us, const int flag)
 {
-	u32 wlen = sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_min_rtt_wlen * HZ;
+	u32 wlen = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_min_rtt_wlen) * HZ;
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
 	if ((flag & FLAG_ACK_MAYBE_DELAYED) && rtt_us > tcp_min_rtt(tp)) {
-- 
2.30.2