From: Gang Yan <gang.yan@linux.dev>
To: mptcp@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH mptcp-next v5 2/6] mptcp: pm: change path_manager sysctl atomically
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:06:39 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828060643.14397-3-gang.yan@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260828060643.14397-1-gang.yan@linux.dev>
From: Gang Yan <yangang@kylinos.cn>
The per-netns path manager name is stored as an inline char[] buffer and
updated via strscpy() from the sysctl handler. A concurrent reader can
observe a half-written name (KCSAN), which READ_ONCE() cannot fix for a
multi-byte string.
Following the tcp_congestion_control() model (and the scheduler change
in the previous patch), store a pointer to the immutable
struct mptcp_pm_ops instead of the name string.
No module reference is taken on the path manager ops for now, as they
can only be registered from built-in code on one side, and on the other
side the reference counting will be introduced by the last patch of
this series, together with the BPF path manager support.
Assisted-by: Claude:GLM5.2
Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/626
Co-developed-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Gang Yan <yangang@kylinos.cn>
---
net/mptcp/ctrl.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
net/mptcp/pm.c | 3 ++-
net/mptcp/protocol.h | 3 +--
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mptcp/ctrl.c b/net/mptcp/ctrl.c
index 7d0f3421bd04..76ff2a41ba38 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/ctrl.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/ctrl.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct mptcp_pernet {
u8 pm_type;
u8 add_addr_v6_port_drop_ts;
struct mptcp_sched_ops __rcu *scheduler;
- char path_manager[MPTCP_PM_NAME_MAX];
+ struct mptcp_pm_ops __rcu *path_manager;
};
static struct mptcp_pernet *mptcp_get_pernet(const struct net *net)
@@ -85,9 +85,20 @@ int mptcp_get_pm_type(const struct net *net)
return mptcp_get_pernet(net)->pm_type;
}
-const char *mptcp_get_path_manager(const struct net *net)
+static struct mptcp_pm_ops *mptcp_pernet_pm(struct mptcp_pernet *pernet)
{
- return mptcp_get_pernet(net)->path_manager;
+ struct mptcp_pm_ops *pm_ops;
+
+ pm_ops = rcu_dereference(pernet->path_manager);
+ return pm_ops ? pm_ops : &mptcp_pm_kernel;
+}
+
+void mptcp_get_path_manager(const struct net *net, char *name)
+{
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ strscpy(name, mptcp_pernet_pm(mptcp_get_pernet(net))->name,
+ MPTCP_PM_NAME_MAX);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
static struct mptcp_sched_ops *mptcp_pernet_sched(struct mptcp_pernet *pernet)
@@ -124,7 +135,8 @@ static void mptcp_pernet_set_defaults(struct mptcp_pernet *pernet)
if (bpf_try_module_get(&mptcp_sched_default, mptcp_sched_default.owner))
RCU_INIT_POINTER(pernet->scheduler, &mptcp_sched_default);
- strscpy(pernet->path_manager, "kernel", sizeof(pernet->path_manager));
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(pernet->path_manager, &mptcp_pm_kernel);
+
pernet->add_addr_v6_port_drop_ts = 1;
}
@@ -210,7 +222,7 @@ static int proc_blackhole_detect_timeout(const struct ctl_table *table,
return ret;
}
-static int mptcp_set_path_manager(char *path_manager, const char *name)
+static int mptcp_set_path_manager(struct mptcp_pernet *pernet, const char *name)
{
struct mptcp_pm_ops *pm_ops;
int ret = 0;
@@ -218,7 +230,7 @@ static int mptcp_set_path_manager(char *path_manager, const char *name)
rcu_read_lock();
pm_ops = mptcp_pm_find(name);
if (pm_ops)
- strscpy(path_manager, name, MPTCP_PM_NAME_MAX);
+ xchg(&pernet->path_manager, pm_ops);
else
ret = -ENOENT;
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -232,7 +244,6 @@ static int proc_path_manager(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
struct mptcp_pernet *pernet = container_of(ctl->data,
struct mptcp_pernet,
path_manager);
- char (*path_manager)[MPTCP_PM_NAME_MAX] = ctl->data;
char pm_name[MPTCP_PM_NAME_MAX];
const struct ctl_table tbl = {
.data = pm_name,
@@ -240,11 +251,13 @@ static int proc_path_manager(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
};
int ret;
- strscpy(pm_name, *path_manager, MPTCP_PM_NAME_MAX);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ strscpy(pm_name, mptcp_pernet_pm(pernet)->name, MPTCP_PM_NAME_MAX);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
ret = proc_dostring(&tbl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
if (write && ret == 0) {
- ret = mptcp_set_path_manager(*path_manager, pm_name);
+ ret = mptcp_set_path_manager(pernet, pm_name);
if (ret == 0) {
u8 pm_type = __MPTCP_PM_TYPE_NR;
@@ -276,7 +289,7 @@ static int proc_pm_type(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
pm_name = "kernel";
else if (pm_type == MPTCP_PM_TYPE_USERSPACE)
pm_name = "userspace";
- mptcp_set_path_manager(pernet->path_manager, pm_name);
+ mptcp_set_path_manager(pernet, pm_name);
}
return ret;
diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm.c b/net/mptcp/pm.c
index d7c5b50b34cc..69a38cb48977 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ void mptcp_pm_destroy(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
void mptcp_pm_data_reset(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
{
const struct net *net = sock_net((struct sock *)msk);
- const char *pm_name = mptcp_get_path_manager(net);
+ char pm_name[MPTCP_PM_NAME_MAX];
u8 pm_type = mptcp_get_pm_type(net);
struct mptcp_pm_data *pm = &msk->pm;
@@ -1213,6 +1213,7 @@ void mptcp_pm_data_reset(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
pm->rm_list_rx.nr = 0;
WRITE_ONCE(pm->pm_type, pm_type);
+ mptcp_get_path_manager(net, pm_name);
rcu_read_lock();
mptcp_pm_ops_init(msk, pm_name);
rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 3b13d507433b..c15c96f410f1 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ int mptcp_allow_join_id0(const struct net *net);
unsigned int mptcp_stale_loss_cnt(const struct net *net);
unsigned int mptcp_close_timeout(const struct sock *sk);
int mptcp_get_pm_type(const struct net *net);
-const char *mptcp_get_path_manager(const struct net *net);
+void mptcp_get_path_manager(const struct net *net, char *name);
struct mptcp_sched_ops *mptcp_get_scheduler(const struct net *net);
unsigned int mptcp_add_addr_v6_port_drop_ts(const struct net *net);
@@ -1153,7 +1153,6 @@ int mptcp_pm_announce_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
bool echo);
int mptcp_pm_remove_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk, const struct mptcp_rm_list *rm_list);
-/* the default path manager, used in mptcp_pm_unregister */
extern struct mptcp_pm_ops mptcp_pm_kernel;
extern struct mptcp_sched_ops mptcp_sched_default;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 6:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 6:06 [PATCH mptcp-next v5 0/6] mptcp: avoid data-races around the sysctls Gang Yan
2026-08-28 6:06 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v5 1/6] mptcp: sched: change scheduler sysctl atomically Gang Yan
2026-08-28 6:06 ` Gang Yan [this message]
2026-08-28 6:06 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v5 3/6] mptcp: use READ_ONCE() over sysctls Gang Yan
2026-08-28 6:06 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v5 4/6] mptcp: pm: use WRITE_ONCE() for the pm_type sysctl Gang Yan
2026-08-28 6:06 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v5 5/6] Squash-to "mptcp: pm: init and release mptcp_pm_ops" Gang Yan
2026-08-28 6:06 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v5 6/6] Squash to previous one Gang Yan
2026-08-28 6:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-28 7:14 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v5 0/6] mptcp: avoid data-races around the sysctls MPTCP CI
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