netdev - [PATCH net-next] tcp: annotate data-race around tcp_md5sig_pool

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:15:28 +0000
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Abhishek Shah <abhishek.shah@...umbia.edu>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] tcp: annotate data-race around tcp_md5sig_pool_populated

tcp_md5sig_pool_populated can be read while another thread
changes its value.

The race has no consequence because allocations
are protected with tcp_md5sig_mutex.

This patch adds READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() to document
the race and silence KCSAN.

Reported-by: Abhishek Shah <abhishek.shah@...umbia.edu>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp.c | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index bbe2187536620a9300ef7350e08c861625c042c0..ba62f8e8bd150c558e2399c134a5546f7def1b34 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -4433,12 +4433,16 @@ static void __tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool(void)
 	 * to memory. See smp_rmb() in tcp_get_md5sig_pool()
 	 */
 	smp_wmb();
-	tcp_md5sig_pool_populated = true;
+	/* Paired with READ_ONCE() from tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool()
+	 * and tcp_get_md5sig_pool().
+	*/
+	WRITE_ONCE(tcp_md5sig_pool_populated, true);
 }
 
 bool tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool(void)
 {
-	if (unlikely(!tcp_md5sig_pool_populated)) {
+	/* Paired with WRITE_ONCE() from __tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool() */
+	if (unlikely(!READ_ONCE(tcp_md5sig_pool_populated))) {
 		mutex_lock(&tcp_md5sig_mutex);
 
 		if (!tcp_md5sig_pool_populated) {
@@ -4449,7 +4453,8 @@ bool tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool(void)
 
 		mutex_unlock(&tcp_md5sig_mutex);
 	}
-	return tcp_md5sig_pool_populated;
+	/* Paired with WRITE_ONCE() from __tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool() */
+	return READ_ONCE(tcp_md5sig_pool_populated);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool);
 
@@ -4465,7 +4470,8 @@ struct tcp_md5sig_pool *tcp_get_md5sig_pool(void)
 {
 	local_bh_disable();
 
-	if (tcp_md5sig_pool_populated) {
+	/* Paired with WRITE_ONCE() from __tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool() */
+	if (READ_ONCE(tcp_md5sig_pool_populated)) {
 		/* coupled with smp_wmb() in __tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool() */
 		smp_rmb();
 		return this_cpu_ptr(&tcp_md5sig_pool);
-- 
2.37.1.595.g718a3a8f04-goog