netdev - [PATCH v1 net 3/7] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_delay

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:22:01 -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 3/7] tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_delay_ns.

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

Fixes: 6d82aa242092 ("tcp: add tcp_comp_sack_delay_ns sysctl")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index ff2e0d87aee4..813744180d87 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -5542,7 +5542,8 @@ static void __tcp_ack_snd_check(struct sock *sk, int ofo_possible)
 	if (tp->srtt_us && tp->srtt_us < rtt)
 		rtt = tp->srtt_us;
 
-	delay = min_t(unsigned long, sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_delay_ns,
+	delay = min_t(unsigned long,
+		      READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_delay_ns),
 		      rtt * (NSEC_PER_USEC >> 3)/20);
 	sock_hold(sk);
 	hrtimer_start_range_ns(&tp->compressed_ack_timer, ns_to_ktime(delay),
-- 
2.30.2