netdev - [PATCH v1 net 14/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:50:25 -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 14/15] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_autocorking.

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

Fixes: f54b311142a9 ("tcp: auto corking")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 2faaaaf540ac..a11e5de3a4c3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ static bool tcp_should_autocork(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				int size_goal)
 {
 	return skb->len < size_goal &&
-	       sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_autocorking &&
+	       READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_autocorking) &&
 	       !tcp_rtx_queue_empty(sk) &&
 	       refcount_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > skb->truesize &&
 	       tcp_skb_can_collapse_to(skb);
-- 
2.30.2