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| author | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2023-04-21 23:03:46 +0100 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2023-04-22 15:16:39 +0100 |
| commit | e0416e7d33361d2ad0bf9f007428346579ac854a (patch) | |
| tree | 9c840c2d1f4c72e457db4b9106dbbf54c6ba3281 /Documentation/networking/rxrpc.rst | |
| parent | 92ce288ccb0d472977b24bd0b7240fc2490a6145 (diff) | |
rxrpc: Fix potential race in error handling in afs_make_call()
If the rxrpc call set up by afs_make_call() receives an error whilst it is
transmitting the request, there's the possibility that it may get to the
point the rxrpc call is ended (after the error_kill_call label) just as the
call is queued for async processing.
This could manifest itself as call->rxcall being seen as NULL in
afs_deliver_to_call() when it tries to lock the call.
Fix this by splitting rxrpc_kernel_end_call() into a function to shut down
an rxrpc call and a function to release the caller's reference and calling
the latter only when we get to afs_put_call().
Reported-by: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@auristor.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-by: kafs-testing+fedora36_64checkkafs-build-306@auristor.com
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/rxrpc.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/rxrpc.rst | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.rst b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.rst index ec1323d92c96..e807e18ba32a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.rst @@ -848,14 +848,21 @@ The kernel interface functions are as follows: returned. The caller now holds a reference on this and it must be properly ended. - (#) End a client call:: + (#) Shut down a client call:: - void rxrpc_kernel_end_call(struct socket *sock, + void rxrpc_kernel_shutdown_call(struct socket *sock, + struct rxrpc_call *call); + + This is used to shut down a previously begun call. The user_call_ID is + expunged from AF_RXRPC's knowledge and will not be seen again in + association with the specified call. + + (#) Release the ref on a client call:: + + void rxrpc_kernel_put_call(struct socket *sock, struct rxrpc_call *call); - This is used to end a previously begun call. The user_call_ID is expunged - from AF_RXRPC's knowledge and will not be seen again in association with - the specified call. + This is used to release the caller's ref on an rxrpc call. (#) Send data through a call:: |