netdev - [PATCH net 11/12] netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_link_fails

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Message-Id: <20240304082046.64977-12-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Date: Mon,  4 Mar 2024 16:20:45 +0800
From: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@...il.com>
To: ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com
Cc: linux-hams@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kerneljasonxing@...il.com,
	Jason Xing <kernelxing@...cent.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 11/12] netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count

From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@...cent.com>

We need to protect the reader reading the sysctl value because the
value can be changed concurrently.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@...cent.com>
---
 net/netrom/nr_route.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_route.c b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
index 89e12e6eea2e..70480869ad1c 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ void nr_link_failed(ax25_cb *ax25, int reason)
 	nr_neigh->ax25 = NULL;
 	ax25_cb_put(ax25);
 
-	if (++nr_neigh->failed < sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count) {
+	if (++nr_neigh->failed < READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count)) {
 		nr_neigh_put(nr_neigh);
 		return;
 	}
-- 
2.37.3