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authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>2012-10-18 03:21:55 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-10-18 15:34:30 -0400
commit6d772ac5578f711d1ce7b03535d1c95bffb21dff (patch)
tree392933a2d8a842e22f44bef7207182d67338b3d3 /net/ipv4/tcp.c
parent13d82bf50dce632355fcccafa4fe44a9b5e706d8 (diff)
netlink: use kfree_rcu() in netlink_release()
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>
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