Re: [Patch nf] netfilter: xt_hashlimit: unregister proc file before releasing mutex

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On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 07:32:13PM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 2:05 PM Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 01:40:26PM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 1:35 PM Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 10:53:52PM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> > > > > Before releasing the global mutex, we only unlink the hashtable
> > > > > from the hash list, its proc file is still not unregistered at
> > > > > this point. So syzbot could trigger a race condition where a
> > > > > parallel htable_create() could register the same file immediately
> > > > > after the mutex is released.
> > > > >
> > > > > Move htable_remove_proc_entry() back to mutex protection to
> > > > > fix this. And, fold htable_destroy() into htable_put() to make
> > > > > the code slightly easier to understand.
> > > >
> > > > Probably revert previous one?
> > >
> > > The hung task could appear again if we move the cleanup
> > > back under mutex.
> >
> > How could the hung task appear again by reverting
> > c4a3922d2d20c710f827? Please elaborate.
> 
> Because the cfg.max could be as large as 8*HASHLIMIT_MAX_SIZE:
> 
>  311         if (hinfo->cfg.max == 0)
>  312                 hinfo->cfg.max = 8 * hinfo->cfg.size;
>  313         else if (hinfo->cfg.max < hinfo->cfg.size)
>  314                 hinfo->cfg.max = hinfo->cfg.size;
> 
> Not sure whether we can finish cleaning up 8*HASHLIMIT_MAX_SIZE
> entries within the time a hung task tolerates. This largely depends on
> how much contention the spinlock has, at least I don't want to bet
> on it.

Please, resend. Thanks.



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