Re: [PATCH net-next v18 20/25] ovpn: implement peer add/get/dump/delete via netlink

Antonio Quartulli
2025-01-22T09:00:02Z

On 22/01/2025 09:51, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> 2025-01-22, 01:40:47 +0100, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
>> On 17/01/2025 12:48, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
>> [...]
>>> With the delayed socket release (which is similar to what was in v11,
>>> but now with refcounting on the netdevice which should make
>>> rtnl_link_unregister in ovpn_cleanup wait [*]), we may return to
>>> userspace as if the peer was gone, but the socket hasn't been detached
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> A userspace application that tries to remove the peer and immediately
>>> re-create it with the same socket could get EBUSY if the workqueue
>>> hasn't done its job yet. That would be quite confusing to the
>>> application.
>>>
>>> So I would add a completion to wait here until the socket has been
>>> fully detached. Something like below.
>>>
>>> [*] I don't think the current refcounting fully protects against that,
>>> I'll comment on 05/25
>>
>> Sabrina, after the other changes I acknowledged, do you still have comments
>> for 5/25?
>
> The call_rcu vs _put was all I had for this.
>

Ok!

> Note that you have to wait until ~Feb 4th before you can resubmit
> (since net-next is currently closed). I'll take another look at this
> revision next week, since I've only checked a few specific things
> (mainly related to peer and socket destruction) so far.

Alright!
In the meantime I'll take these days to perform more tests (possibly
extending the selftest suite a little bit).

If you want to compare this patchset with the very latest code
(including your suggestions), you can check the main branch at:

https://github.com/openvpn/linux-kernel-ovpn

Thanks a lot!

Best Regards,

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Antonio Quartulli
OpenVPN Inc.