commit 78f3648601fdc7a8166748bbd6d0555a88efa24a
Author: Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Mar 25 17:24:34 2009 +0100
netfilter: nf_conntrack: use hlist_add_head_rcu() in nf_conntrack_set_hashsize()
Using hlist_add_head() in nf_conntrack_set_hashsize() is quite dangerous.
Without any barrier, one CPU could see a loop while doing its lookup.
Its true new table cannot be seen by another cpu, but previous table is still
readable.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 55befe5..54e983f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ int nf_conntrack_set_hashsize(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash, hnode);
hlist_del_rcu(&h->hnode);
bucket = __hash_conntrack(&h->tuple, hashsize, rnd);
- hlist_add_head(&h->hnode, &hash[bucket]);
+ hlist_add_head_rcu(&h->hnode, &hash[bucket]);
}
}
old_size = nf_conntrack_htable_size;
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