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authorMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2018-01-26 01:36:32 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-01-29 12:02:54 -0500
commit84328342a70a44379dd73011a44c5f5e00481a42 (patch)
tree6632999881c596c3fa989da3e062ef1fdb07dfcf /include/linux/ptr_ring.h
parent88fae87327a2261cf8db078f6ce4e5a3e55b30b1 (diff)
ptr_ring: disallow lockless __ptr_ring_full
Similar to bcecb4bbf88a ("net: ptr_ring: otherwise safe empty checks can overrun array bounds") a lockless use of __ptr_ring_full might cause an out of bounds access. We can fix this, but it's easier to just disallow lockless __ptr_ring_full for now. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/ptr_ring.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ptr_ring.h7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
index 9a72d8fec50e..f17584680b79 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ struct ptr_ring {
};
/* Note: callers invoking this in a loop must use a compiler barrier,
- * for example cpu_relax(). If ring is ever resized, callers must hold
- * producer_lock - see e.g. ptr_ring_full. Otherwise, if callers don't hold
- * producer_lock, the next call to __ptr_ring_produce may fail.
+ * for example cpu_relax().
+ *
+ * NB: this is unlike __ptr_ring_empty in that callers must hold producer_lock:
+ * see e.g. ptr_ring_full.
*/
static inline bool __ptr_ring_full(struct ptr_ring *r)
{