Hello. On Thu, 2017-05-18 at 15:50, linzhang wrote: > This patch fixes the kernel oops when release net_device reference in > advance. In function raw_sendmsg(i think the dgram_sendmsg has the same > problem), there is a race condition between dev_put and dev_queue_xmit > when the device is gong that maybe lead to dev_queue_ximt to see > an illegal net_device pointer. > You have a test case to reproduce this oops? I fear I have not seen one. > So i think that dev_put should be behind of the dev_queue_xmit. > > Also, explicit set skb->sk is needless, sock_alloc_send_skb is > already set it. You could have put this fixup in a different patch. > Signed-off-by: linzhang <xiaolou4617@xxxxxxxxx> This looks more like a username instead of a real name. If you have Lin Zhang as you English real name that would be better here. :) > --- > net/ieee802154/socket.c | 10 ++++------ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/ieee802154/socket.c b/net/ieee802154/socket.c > index eedba76..a60658c 100644 > --- a/net/ieee802154/socket.c > +++ b/net/ieee802154/socket.c > @@ -301,15 +301,14 @@ static int raw_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size) > goto out_skb; > > skb->dev = dev; > - skb->sk = sk; > skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IEEE802154); > > - dev_put(dev); > - > err = dev_queue_xmit(skb); > if (err > 0) > err = net_xmit_errno(err); > > + dev_put(dev); > + > return err ?: size; > > out_skb: > @@ -690,15 +689,14 @@ static int dgram_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size) > goto out_skb; > > skb->dev = dev; > - skb->sk = sk; > skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IEEE802154); > > - dev_put(dev); > - > err = dev_queue_xmit(skb); > if (err > 0) > err = net_xmit_errno(err); > > + dev_put(dev); > + > return err ?: size; Going to give this a test ride here now. regards Stefan Schmidt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wpan" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
