[PATCH] IPoIB: Fix crash when path record fails after path flush

[PATCH] IPoIB: Fix crash when path record fails after path flush

[Roland Dreier]

From: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>

Commit ee1e2c82 ("IPoIB: Refresh paths instead of flushing them on SM
change events") changed how paths are flushed on an SM event.  This
change introduces a problem if the path record query triggered by
fails, causing path->ah to become NULL.  A later successful path query
will then trigger WARN_ON() in path_rec_completion(), and crash
because path->ah has already been freed, so the ipoib_put_ah() inside
the lock in path_rec_completion() may actually drop the last reference
(contrary to the comment that claims this is safe).

Fix this by updating path->ah and freeing old_ah only when the path
record query is successful.  This prevents the neighbour AH and that
path AH from getting out of sync.

This fixes <https://bugs.openfabrics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194>

Reported-by: Rabah Salem <ravah@mellanox.com>
Debugged-by: Eli Cohen <eli@mellanox.co.il>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
---
Hi Linus,

One more patch for 2.6.27.  This fixes a regression from 2.6.26 that
causes a panic with IP-over-InfiniBand on some network events.

Please apply.

Thanks,
  Roland

 drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 1b1df5c..e9ca3cb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static void path_rec_completion(int status,
 	struct net_device *dev = path->dev;
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct ipoib_ah *ah = NULL;
-	struct ipoib_ah *old_ah;
+	struct ipoib_ah *old_ah = NULL;
 	struct ipoib_neigh *neigh, *tn;
 	struct sk_buff_head skqueue;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -428,12 +428,12 @@ static void path_rec_completion(int status,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
 
-	old_ah   = path->ah;
-	path->ah = ah;
-
 	if (ah) {
 		path->pathrec = *pathrec;
 
+		old_ah   = path->ah;
+		path->ah = ah;
+
 		ipoib_dbg(priv, "created address handle %p for LID 0x%04x, SL %d\n",
 			  ah, be16_to_cpu(pathrec->dlid), pathrec->sl);
 
-- 
1.6.0.1