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* [PATCH] netem: dont call vfree() under spinlock and BH disabled
@ 2011-12-24  5:28 Eric Dumazet
  2011-12-24 19:18 ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Dumazet @ 2011-12-24  5:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev, Stephen Hemminger

commit 6373a9a286 (netem: use vmalloc for distribution table) added a
regression, since vfree() is called while holding a spinlock and BH
being disabled.

Fix this by doing the pointers swap in critical section, and freeing
after spinlock release.

Also add __GFP_NOWARN to the kmalloc() try, since we fallback to
vmalloc().

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
---
 net/sched/sch_netem.c |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index eb3b9a8..a4ab207 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static int get_dist_table(struct Qdisc *sch, const struct nlattr *attr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	s = sizeof(struct disttable) + n * sizeof(s16);
-	d = kmalloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	d = kmalloc(s, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (!d)
 		d = vmalloc(s);
 	if (!d)
@@ -501,9 +501,10 @@ static int get_dist_table(struct Qdisc *sch, const struct nlattr *attr)
 	root_lock = qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(sch);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(root_lock);
-	dist_free(q->delay_dist);
-	q->delay_dist = d;
+	swap(q->delay_dist, d);
 	spin_unlock_bh(root_lock);
+
+	dist_free(d);
 	return 0;
 }
 

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* Re: [PATCH] netem: dont call vfree() under spinlock and BH disabled
  2011-12-24  5:28 [PATCH] netem: dont call vfree() under spinlock and BH disabled Eric Dumazet
@ 2011-12-24 19:18 ` Stephen Hemminger
  2011-12-24 21:10   ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2011-12-24 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eric Dumazet; +Cc: David Miller, netdev

On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:28:51 +0100
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:

> commit 6373a9a286 (netem: use vmalloc for distribution table) added a
> regression, since vfree() is called while holding a spinlock and BH
> being disabled.
> 
> Fix this by doing the pointers swap in critical section, and freeing
> after spinlock release.
> 
> Also add __GFP_NOWARN to the kmalloc() try, since we fallback to
> vmalloc().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> ---
>  net/sched/sch_netem.c |    7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
> index eb3b9a8..a4ab207 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
> @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static int get_dist_table(struct Qdisc *sch, const struct nlattr *attr)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	s = sizeof(struct disttable) + n * sizeof(s16);
> -	d = kmalloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	d = kmalloc(s, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
>  	if (!d)
>  		d = vmalloc(s);
>  	if (!d)
> @@ -501,9 +501,10 @@ static int get_dist_table(struct Qdisc *sch, const struct nlattr *attr)
>  	root_lock = qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(sch);
>  
>  	spin_lock_bh(root_lock);
> -	dist_free(q->delay_dist);
> -	q->delay_dist = d;
> +	swap(q->delay_dist, d);
>  	spin_unlock_bh(root_lock);
> +
> +	dist_free(d);
>  	return 0;
>  }

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

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* Re: [PATCH] netem: dont call vfree() under spinlock and BH disabled
  2011-12-24 19:18 ` Stephen Hemminger
@ 2011-12-24 21:10   ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2011-12-24 21:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: shemminger; +Cc: eric.dumazet, netdev

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:18:54 -0800

> On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:28:51 +0100
> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> commit 6373a9a286 (netem: use vmalloc for distribution table) added a
>> regression, since vfree() is called while holding a spinlock and BH
>> being disabled.
>> 
>> Fix this by doing the pointers swap in critical section, and freeing
>> after spinlock release.
>> 
>> Also add __GFP_NOWARN to the kmalloc() try, since we fallback to
>> vmalloc().
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
 ...
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

Applied, thanks.

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