Re: [PATCH v3] RDMA/core: Fix race when resolving IP address

From: Dag Moxnes
Date: Mon Jul 08 2019 - 16:12:20 EST




Den 08.07.2019 21:38, skrev Jason Gunthorpe:
On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 07:22:45PM +0000, Mark Bloch wrote:

On 7/8/19 11:47 AM, Dag Moxnes wrote:
Thanks Jason,

Regards,
Dag

Den 08.07.2019 19:50, skrev Jason Gunthorpe:
On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 01:16:24PM +0200, Dag Moxnes wrote:
Use neighbour lock when copying MAC address from neighbour data struct
in dst_fetch_ha.

When not using the lock, it is possible for the function to race with
neigh_update, causing it to copy an invalid MAC address.

It is possible to provoke this error by calling rdma_resolve_addr in a
tight loop, while deleting the corresponding ARP entry in another tight
loop.

This will cause the race shown it the following sample trace:

rdma_resolve_addr()
ÂÂ rdma_resolve_ip()
ÂÂÂÂ addr_resolve()
ÂÂÂÂÂÂ addr_resolve_neigh()
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ fetch_ha()
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ dst_fetch_ha()
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ n->nud_state == NUD_VALID
It isn't nud_state that is the problem here, it is the parallel
memcpy's onto ha. I fixed the commit message

This could also have been solved by using the ha_lock, but I don't
think we have a reason to particularly over-optimize this.
Sorry I'm late to the party, but why not just use: neigh_ha_snapshot()?
Yes, that is much better, please respin this
OK, will do!
Can I still post it as a v4? Or should I do it differently as you already applied it?

Regards,
-Dag

Thanks,
Jason