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netlink: use kfree_rcu() in netlink_release()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Thu, 18 Oct 2012 03:21:55 +0000 (03:21 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:14:23 +0000 (13:14 -0800)
commitfdc00abab6858f9da6a40e03c831c252b4f419bd
tree9dcf20ae9c599eeb60b979c1450339db332b8baa
parentb23270416da409bd4e637a5acbe31a1126235fb6
netlink: use kfree_rcu() in netlink_release()

[ Upstream commit 6d772ac5578f711d1ce7b03535d1c95bffb21dff ]

On some suspend/resume operations involving wimax device, we have
noticed some intermittent memory corruptions in netlink code.

Stéphane Marchesin tracked this corruption in netlink_update_listeners()
and suggested a patch.

It appears netlink_release() should use kfree_rcu() instead of kfree()
for the listeners structure as it may be used by other cpus using RCU
protection.

netlink_release() must set to NULL the listeners pointer when
it is about to be freed.

Also have to protect netlink_update_listeners() and
netlink_has_listeners() if listeners is NULL.

Add a nl_deref_protected() lockdep helper to properly document which
locks protects us.

Reported-by: Jonathan Kliegman <kliegs@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Stéphane Marchesin <marcheu@google.com>
Cc: Sam Leffler <sleffler@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/netlink/af_netlink.c