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From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz•org>
To: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac•com>
Cc: Linux Netdev List <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@lists•osdl.org>,
	Denis Lunev <den@openvz•org>,
	Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@bull•net>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash•net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/14][RTNL]: Introduce the rtnl_kill_links call.
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:01:31 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47FF1ADB.1090805@openvz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <37533.192.168.101.12.1207865395.squirrel@intranet>

>> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
>> index da99ac0..bc39e41 100644
>> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
>> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
>> @@ -269,6 +269,26 @@ int rtnl_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
>>
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_link_register);
>>
>> +static void __rtnl_kill_links(struct net *net, struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
>> +{
>> +	struct net_device *dev;
>> +restart:
>> +	for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
>> +		if (dev->rtnl_link_ops == ops) {
>> +			ops->dellink(dev);
>> +			goto restart;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +}
>> +
>> +void rtnl_kill_links(struct net *net, struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
>> +{
>> +	rtnl_lock();
>> +	__rtnl_kill_links(net, ops);
>> +	rtnl_unlock();
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_kill_links);
>> +
>>  /**
>>   * __rtnl_link_unregister - Unregister rtnl_link_ops from rtnetlink.
>>   * @ops: struct rtnl_link_ops * to unregister
>> @@ -277,17 +297,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_link_register);
>>   */
>>  void __rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
>>  {
>> -	struct net_device *dev, *n;
>>  	struct net *net;
>>
>>  	for_each_net(net) {
>> -restart:
>> -		for_each_netdev_safe(net, dev, n) {
>> -			if (dev->rtnl_link_ops == ops) {
>> -				ops->dellink(dev);
>> -				goto restart;
>> -			}
>> -		}
>> +		__rtnl_kill_links(net, ops);
> 
> This was _safe, and now it's not. Is that intentional?

Yup - we goto restart in case we del some link, so there's no need
in _safe iteration. 

This goto was added by Partick (commit 68365458 [NET]: rtnl_link: 
fix use-after-free) and I suspect he simply forgot to remove the 
_safe iterator (I put him in Cc to correct me if I'm wrong).

>>  	}
>>  	list_del(&ops->list);
>>  }
>> --
>> 1.5.3.4
> 


  reply	other threads:[~2008-04-11  7:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-10 14:57 [PATCH 0/14 (3 subsets)] Make tuns and vlans devices work per-net Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:01 ` [PATCH 1/14][NETNS]: Introduce the net-subsys id generator Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 17:37   ` [Devel] " Paul Menage
2008-04-10 20:52   ` Daniel Lezcano
2008-04-11  7:56     ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:06 ` [PATCH 3/14][TUN]: Introduce the tun_net structure Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-11  1:01   ` Paul E. McKenney
2008-04-11  7:55     ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-11 15:04       ` Paul E. McKenney
2008-04-11 15:45         ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-11 16:27           ` Paul E. McKenney
2008-04-12  8:44             ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-15  7:44   ` David Miller
2008-04-15 10:31     ` Pavel Emelyanov
     [not found]       ` <48048411.5030506-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 10:06         ` David Miller
2008-04-10 15:07 ` [PATCH 4/14][TUN]: Actually make the tun_dev_list per-net Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:09 ` [PATCH 5/14][TUN]: Allow to register tun devices in namespace Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:10 ` [PATCH 6/14][RTNL]: Introduce the rtnl_kill_links call Pavel Emelyanov
     [not found]   ` <47FE2E01.6030000-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-10 22:09     ` Daniel Hokka Zakrisson
2008-04-11  8:01       ` Pavel Emelyanov [this message]
2008-04-11 12:48         ` Patrick McHardy
2008-04-10 15:13 ` [PATCH 7/14][VLAN]: Tag vlan_group with device, not ifindex Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:16 ` [PATCH 9/14][VLAN]: Add net argument to proc init/cleanup calls Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:19 ` [PATCH 11/14][VLAN]: Make /proc/net/vlan/conf file show per-net info Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:20 ` [PATCH 12/14][VLAN]: Make vlan_name_type per-net Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:22 ` [PATCH 13/14][VLAN]: Allows vlan devices registration in net namespace Pavel Emelyanov
     [not found] ` <47FE2AD4.9080609-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-10 15:04   ` [PATCH 2/14][NETNS]: Generic per-net pointers Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-11 13:43     ` Daniel Lezcano
     [not found]       ` <47FF6B1B.5090106-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-11 14:29         ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:14   ` [PATCH 8/14][VLAN]: Introduce the vlan_net structure Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:18   ` [PATCH 10/14][VLAN]: Create proc files in proper net Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-10 15:23   ` [PATCH 14/14][VLAN]: Migrate proc files when vlan device is moved to namespace Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-11 15:42 ` [PATCH 0/14 (3 subsets)] Make tuns and vlans devices work per-net Daniel Lezcano
2008-04-11 15:57   ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-04-11 18:11     ` David Miller

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