From: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
horms@kernel.org
Cc: achender@kernel.org, nicoyip.dev@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3 07/13] net/rds: unlink transport nodes before a possibly deferred connection free
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:37:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260914033719.138057-8-achender@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260914033719.138057-1-achender@kernel.org>
The transport teardown helpers - rds_tcp_destroy_conns(),
rds_tcp_kill_sock(), rds_ib_destroy_nodev_conns(), rds_loop_exit() and
rds_loop_kill_conns() - gather the per-connection transport nodes onto
a list head on their own stack and call rds_conn_destroy() for each.
The node is unlinked much later, by the transport's conn_free():
rds_tcp_conn_free() and rds_loop_conn_free() list_del() it, and
rds_ib_conn_free() does so unconditionally.
That was fine while rds_conn_destroy() freed the connection before it
returned. Once the free is governed by the connection's reference
count, a holder that outlives the teardown loop - a socket's cached
rs_conn, an inc parked on a receive queue - defers conn_free() until
after the helper has returned, and the list_del() then writes the
neighbours' pointers into a stack frame that no longer exists.
Unlink each node under the transport lock right before its
rds_conn_destroy() instead, so that nothing is left on the stack list
for a later free to touch. TCP marks the node detached, as
rds_tcp_kill_sock() already does for the secondary paths of a
multipath connection; IB and loopback use list_del_init() and have
their conn_free() skip a node that is already empty. The tmp_list
gathering itself is unchanged: it still exists so that
rds_conn_destroy() is not called with the transport lock held.
Assisted-by: Claude-Code:claude-fable-5
Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
---
net/rds/ib_cm.c | 4 +++-
net/rds/ib_rdma.c | 12 +++++++++++-
net/rds/loop.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
net/rds/tcp.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_cm.c b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
index 118e033229aa..26a32c1ec8f7 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_cm.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
@@ -1287,7 +1287,9 @@ void rds_ib_conn_free(void *arg)
lock_ptr = ic->rds_ibdev ? &ic->rds_ibdev->spinlock : &ib_nodev_conns_lock;
spin_lock_irqsave(lock_ptr, flags);
- list_del(&ic->ib_node);
+ /* already unlinked if a transport teardown gathered us first */
+ if (!list_empty(&ic->ib_node))
+ list_del(&ic->ib_node);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock_ptr, flags);
rds_ib_recv_free_caches(ic);
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
index a9b27f06cbfc..91db43a0e7d7 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
@@ -168,8 +168,18 @@ void rds_ib_destroy_nodev_conns(void)
list_splice_init(&ib_nodev_conns, &tmp_list);
spin_unlock_irq(&ib_nodev_conns_lock);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(ic, _ic, &tmp_list, ib_node)
+ /* rds_conn_destroy() can return before the connection is freed,
+ * and it is the free - rds_ib_conn_free() - that unlinks ib_node.
+ * tmp_list lives on this stack frame, so unlink each node before
+ * its destroy; the free then finds it empty and leaves it alone.
+ */
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(ic, _ic, &tmp_list, ib_node) {
+ spin_lock_irq(&ib_nodev_conns_lock);
+ list_del_init(&ic->ib_node);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&ib_nodev_conns_lock);
+
rds_conn_destroy(ic->conn);
+ }
}
void rds_ib_get_mr_info(struct rds_ib_device *rds_ibdev, struct rds_info_rdma_connection *iinfo)
diff --git a/net/rds/loop.c b/net/rds/loop.c
index fd774f8080d0..93be7832b11d 100644
--- a/net/rds/loop.c
+++ b/net/rds/loop.c
@@ -156,6 +156,28 @@ static int rds_loop_conn_alloc(struct rds_connection *conn, gfp_t gfp)
return 0;
}
+/* Destroy the connections whose nodes were gathered on @tmp_list.
+ *
+ * rds_conn_destroy() can return before the connection is freed, and
+ * it is the free - rds_loop_conn_free() - that unlinks loop_node.
+ * @tmp_list lives on the caller's stack, so unlink each node before
+ * its destroy; the free then finds it empty and leaves it alone.
+ */
+static void rds_loop_destroy_gathered_conns(struct list_head *tmp_list)
+{
+ struct rds_loop_connection *lc, *_lc;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(lc, _lc, tmp_list, loop_node) {
+ WARN_ON(lc->conn->c_passive);
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&loop_conns_lock);
+ list_del_init(&lc->loop_node);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&loop_conns_lock);
+
+ rds_conn_destroy(lc->conn);
+ }
+}
+
static void rds_loop_conn_free(void *arg)
{
struct rds_loop_connection *lc = arg;
@@ -163,7 +185,9 @@ static void rds_loop_conn_free(void *arg)
rdsdebug("lc %p\n", lc);
spin_lock_irqsave(&loop_conns_lock, flags);
- list_del(&lc->loop_node);
+ /* already unlinked if a transport teardown gathered us first */
+ if (!list_empty(&lc->loop_node))
+ list_del(&lc->loop_node);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&loop_conns_lock, flags);
kfree(lc);
}
@@ -180,7 +204,6 @@ static void rds_loop_conn_path_shutdown(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
void rds_loop_exit(void)
{
- struct rds_loop_connection *lc, *_lc;
LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
rds_loop_set_unloading();
@@ -191,10 +214,7 @@ void rds_loop_exit(void)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&loop_conns);
spin_unlock_irq(&loop_conns_lock);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(lc, _lc, &tmp_list, loop_node) {
- WARN_ON(lc->conn->c_passive);
- rds_conn_destroy(lc->conn);
- }
+ rds_loop_destroy_gathered_conns(&tmp_list);
rds_conn_wait_conns_freed(&rds_loop_transport, NULL);
}
@@ -214,10 +234,7 @@ static void rds_loop_kill_conns(struct net *net)
}
spin_unlock_irq(&loop_conns_lock);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(lc, _lc, &tmp_list, loop_node) {
- WARN_ON(lc->conn->c_passive);
- rds_conn_destroy(lc->conn);
- }
+ rds_loop_destroy_gathered_conns(&tmp_list);
}
static void __net_exit rds_loop_exit_net(struct net *net)
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 826e4629e4ee..a71d6a4f0939 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -502,6 +502,28 @@ static bool rds_tcp_is_unloading(struct rds_connection *conn)
return atomic_read(&rds_tcp_unloading) != 0;
}
+/* Destroy the connections whose nodes were gathered on @tmp_list.
+ *
+ * rds_conn_destroy() can return before the connection is freed, and
+ * it is the free - rds_tcp_conn_free() - that unlinks t_tcp_node.
+ * Since @tmp_list lives on the caller's stack, unlink each node here
+ * and mark it detached before its destroy, so that a free that runs
+ * after the caller has returned does not write into a dead frame.
+ */
+static void rds_tcp_destroy_gathered_conns(struct list_head *tmp_list)
+{
+ struct rds_tcp_connection *tc, *_tc;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(tc, _tc, tmp_list, t_tcp_node) {
+ spin_lock_irq(&rds_tcp_conn_lock);
+ list_del_init(&tc->t_tcp_node);
+ tc->t_tcp_node_detached = true;
+ spin_unlock_irq(&rds_tcp_conn_lock);
+
+ rds_conn_destroy(tc->t_cpath->cp_conn);
+ }
+}
+
static void rds_tcp_destroy_conns(void)
{
struct rds_tcp_connection *tc, *_tc;
@@ -515,8 +537,7 @@ static void rds_tcp_destroy_conns(void)
}
spin_unlock_irq(&rds_tcp_conn_lock);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(tc, _tc, &tmp_list, t_tcp_node)
- rds_conn_destroy(tc->t_cpath->cp_conn);
+ rds_tcp_destroy_gathered_conns(&tmp_list);
}
static void rds_tcp_exit(void);
@@ -698,8 +719,7 @@ static void rds_tcp_kill_sock(struct net *net)
}
}
spin_unlock_irq(&rds_tcp_conn_lock);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(tc, _tc, &tmp_list, t_tcp_node)
- rds_conn_destroy(tc->t_cpath->cp_conn);
+ rds_tcp_destroy_gathered_conns(&tmp_list);
}
static void __net_exit rds_tcp_exit_net(struct net *net)
--
2.25.1
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2026-09-14 3:37 ` [PATCH net-next v3 06/13] net/rds: wait for connections to be freed on transport unload Allison Henderson
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2026-09-14 3:37 ` [PATCH net-next v3 08/13] net/rds: hold connection references in lookup, sockets and c_passive Allison Henderson
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2026-09-14 3:37 ` [PATCH net-next v3 10/13] net/rds: tcp: don't attach an accepted socket to " Allison Henderson
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2026-09-14 3:37 ` [PATCH net-next v3 11/13] net/rds: pin the connection across RDMA-CM event handling Allison Henderson
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2026-09-14 3:37 ` [PATCH net-next v3 12/13] net/rds: drop rds_conn_count in favor of t_conn_count Allison Henderson
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2026-09-14 3:37 ` [PATCH net-next v3 13/13] net/rds: hold a connection reference from struct rds_incoming Allison Henderson
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