From: Hidayath Khan <hidayath@linux.ibm.com>
To: alibuda@linux.alibaba.com, dust.li@linux.alibaba.com,
sidraya@linux.ibm.com, mjambigi@linux.ibm.com,
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Subject: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net/smc: stop killed, freed and out_of_sync sharing a byte
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:46:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260820074642.966856-2-hidayath@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260820074642.966856-1-hidayath@linux.ibm.com>
The three connection state flags are single-bit bitfields, so they occupy
one byte of struct smc_connection and every store to one is a
read-modify-write of the other two:
u8 killed : 1;
u8 freed : 1;
u8 out_of_sync : 1;
They are not written under a common lock. smc_cdc_msg_validate() sets
out_of_sync from the receive tasklet, while smc_conn_kill() sets killed
from process context under lock_sock(), and the receive path does not defer
to the backlog when the socket is owned -- smc_cdc_msg_recv() takes only
bh_lock_sock().
Give each flag its own byte so a store no longer touches its neighbours.
All readers test them as booleans and are unchanged. struct smc_connection
grows by two bytes.
Fixes: b286a0651e44 ("net/smc: handle incoming CDC validation message")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Mahanta Jambigi <mjambigi@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Hidayath Khan <hidayath@linux.ibm.com>
---
New in v2.
net/smc/smc.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/smc/smc.h b/net/smc/smc.h
index 52145df83f6e..427b6d63b993 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc.h
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ struct smc_connection {
* 0 for SMC-R, 32 for SMC-D
*/
u64 peer_token; /* SMC-D token of peer */
- u8 killed : 1; /* abnormal termination */
- u8 freed : 1; /* normal termination */
- u8 out_of_sync : 1; /* out of sync with peer */
+ u8 killed; /* abnormal termination */
+ u8 freed; /* normal termination */
+ u8 out_of_sync; /* out of sync with peer */
};
struct smc_sock { /* smc sock container */
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-20 7:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-20 7:46 [PATCH net v2 0/2] net/smc: fix use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release() Hidayath Khan
2026-08-20 7:46 ` Hidayath Khan [this message]
2026-08-20 7:46 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] " Hidayath Khan
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