[Patch v2] arp: fix a regression in arp_solicit()

[Patch v2] arp: fix a regression in arp_solicit()

[Cong Wang]

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>

Sedat reported the following commit caused a regression:

commit 9650388b5c56578fdccc79c57a8c82fb92b8e7f1
Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date:   Fri Dec 21 07:32:10 2012 +0000

    ipv4: arp: fix a lockdep splat in arp_solicit

This is due to the 6th parameter of arp_send() needs to be NULL
for the broadcast case, the above commit changed it to an all-zero
array by mistake.

Reported-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
Cc: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>

---
diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index 1169ed4..9547a273 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static void arp_error_report(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 static void arp_solicit(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	__be32 saddr = 0;
-	u8 dst_ha[MAX_ADDR_LEN];
+	u8 dst_ha[MAX_ADDR_LEN], *dst_hw = NULL;
 	struct net_device *dev = neigh->dev;
 	__be32 target = *(__be32 *)neigh->primary_key;
 	int probes = atomic_read(&neigh->probes);
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ static void arp_solicit(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (!(neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID))
 			pr_debug("trying to ucast probe in NUD_INVALID\n");
 		neigh_ha_snapshot(dst_ha, neigh, dev);
+		dst_hw = dst_ha;
 	} else {
-		memset(dst_ha, 0, dev->addr_len);
 		probes -= neigh->parms->app_probes;
 		if (probes < 0) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARPD
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static void arp_solicit(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	arp_send(ARPOP_REQUEST, ETH_P_ARP, target, dev, saddr,
-		 dst_ha, dev->dev_addr, NULL);
+		 dst_hw, dev->dev_addr, NULL);
 }
 
 static int arp_ignore(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 sip, __be32 tip)

Re: [Patch v2] arp: fix a regression in arp_solicit()

[Eric Dumazet]

On Mon, 2012-12-24 at 09:23 +0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> 
> Sedat reported the following commit caused a regression:
> 
> commit 9650388b5c56578fdccc79c57a8c82fb92b8e7f1
> Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Date:   Fri Dec 21 07:32:10 2012 +0000
> 
>     ipv4: arp: fix a lockdep splat in arp_solicit
> 
> This is due to the 6th parameter of arp_send() needs to be NULL
> for the broadcast case, the above commit changed it to an all-zero
> array by mistake.
> 
> Reported-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
> Cc: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> 
> ---

Oops, thanks for fixing this.

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Re: [Patch v2] arp: fix a regression in arp_solicit()

[David Miller]

From: Eric Dumazet <erdnetdev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:41:14 -0800

> On Mon, 2012-12-24 at 09:23 +0800, Cong Wang wrote:
>> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
>> 
>> Sedat reported the following commit caused a regression:
>> 
>> commit 9650388b5c56578fdccc79c57a8c82fb92b8e7f1
>> Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
>> Date:   Fri Dec 21 07:32:10 2012 +0000
>> 
>>     ipv4: arp: fix a lockdep splat in arp_solicit
>> 
>> This is due to the 6th parameter of arp_send() needs to be NULL
>> for the broadcast case, the above commit changed it to an all-zero
>> array by mistake.
>> 
>> Reported-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
>> Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
>> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
>> Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
>> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
>> 
>> ---
> 
> Oops, thanks for fixing this.
> 
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Applied, thanks everyone.