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When a slab cache uses SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, we must be careful when allocating objects, since slab allocator could give a freed object still used by lockless readers. In particular, nf_conntrack RCU lookups rely on ct->tuplehash[xxx].hnnode.next being always valid (ie containing a valid 'nulls' value, or a valid pointer to next object in hash chain.) kmem_cache_zalloc() setups object with NULL values, but a NULL value is not valid for ct->tuplehash[xxx].hnnode.next. Fix is to call kmem_cache_alloc() and do the zeroing ourself. As spotted by Patrick, we also need to make sure lookup keys are committed to memory before setting refcount to 1, or a lockless reader could get a reference on the old version of the object. Its key re-check could then pass the barrier. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> |
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| 00-INDEX | ||
| NMI-RCU.txt | ||
| RTFP.txt | ||
| UP.txt | ||
| arrayRCU.txt | ||
| checklist.txt | ||
| listRCU.txt | ||
| rcu.txt | ||
| rcubarrier.txt | ||
| rculist_nulls.txt | ||
| rcuref.txt | ||
| torture.txt | ||
| trace.txt | ||
| whatisRCU.txt | ||