From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/nfc: Avoid stalls when nfc_alloc_send_skb() returned NULL. Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 02:52:24 +0900 (KST) Message-ID: <20180719.025224.724580559198605486.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1531907847-3500-1-git-send-email-penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: sameo@linux.intel.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, syzbot+d29d18215e477cfbfbdd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com To: penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:40476 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731297AbeGRSb2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:31:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1531907847-3500-1-git-send-email-penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Tetsuo Handa Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:57:27 +0900 > syzbot is reporting stalls at nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame() [1]. This is > because nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame() is retrying the loop without any delay > when nonblocking nfc_alloc_send_skb() returned NULL. > > Since there is no need to use MSG_DONTWAIT if we retry until > sock_alloc_send_pskb() succeeds, let's use blocking call. > Also, in case an unexpected error occurred, let's break the loop > if blocking nfc_alloc_send_skb() failed. > > [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4a131cc571c3733e0eff6bc673f4e36ae48f19c6 > > Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa > Reported-by: syzbot Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.