netdev - [PATCH v2 net 08/17] net: Fix a data-race around sysctl_net_busy

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Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:52:18 -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>
CC:     Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>,
        Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@...il.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net 08/17] net: Fix a data-race around sysctl_net_busy_poll.

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

Fixes: 060212928670 ("net: add low latency socket poll")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
CC: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@...ux.intel.com>
---
 include/net/busy_poll.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net/busy_poll.h b/include/net/busy_poll.h
index c4898fcbf923..f90f0021f5f2 100644
--- a/include/net/busy_poll.h
+++ b/include/net/busy_poll.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ extern unsigned int sysctl_net_busy_poll __read_mostly;
 
 static inline bool net_busy_loop_on(void)
 {
-	return sysctl_net_busy_poll;
+	return READ_ONCE(sysctl_net_busy_poll);
 }
 
 static inline bool sk_can_busy_loop(const struct sock *sk)
-- 
2.30.2