This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core: Fix net_conntrack_lock()
to the 4.13-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
net-netfilter-nf_conntrack_core-fix-net_conntrack_lock.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.13 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 3ef0c7a730de0bae03d86c19570af764fa3c4445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 20:45:59 +0200
Subject: net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core: Fix net_conntrack_lock()
From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 3ef0c7a730de0bae03d86c19570af764fa3c4445 upstream.
As we want to remove spin_unlock_wait() and replace it with explicit
spin_lock()/spin_unlock() calls, we can use this to simplify the
locking.
In addition:
- Reading nf_conntrack_locks_all needs ACQUIRE memory ordering.
- The new code avoids the backwards loop.
Only slightly tested, I did not manage to trigger calls to
nf_conntrack_all_lock().
V2: With improved comments, to clearly show how the barriers
pair.
Fixes: b16c29191dc8 ("netfilter: nf_conntrack: use safer way to lock all buckets")
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -96,19 +96,26 @@ static struct conntrack_gc_work conntrac
void nf_conntrack_lock(spinlock_t *lock) __acquires(lock)
{
+ /* 1) Acquire the lock */
spin_lock(lock);
- while (unlikely(nf_conntrack_locks_all)) {
- spin_unlock(lock);
- /*
- * Order the 'nf_conntrack_locks_all' load vs. the
- * spin_unlock_wait() loads below, to ensure
- * that 'nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock' is indeed held:
- */
- smp_rmb(); /* spin_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock) */
- spin_unlock_wait(&nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock);
- spin_lock(lock);
- }
+ /* 2) read nf_conntrack_locks_all, with ACQUIRE semantics
+ * It pairs with the smp_store_release() in nf_conntrack_all_unlock()
+ */
+ if (likely(smp_load_acquire(&nf_conntrack_locks_all) == false))
+ return;
+
+ /* fast path failed, unlock */
+ spin_unlock(lock);
+
+ /* Slow path 1) get global lock */
+ spin_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock);
+
+ /* Slow path 2) get the lock we want */
+ spin_lock(lock);
+
+ /* Slow path 3) release the global lock */
+ spin_unlock(&nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_lock);
@@ -149,28 +156,27 @@ static void nf_conntrack_all_lock(void)
int i;
spin_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock);
- nf_conntrack_locks_all = true;
- /*
- * Order the above store of 'nf_conntrack_locks_all' against
- * the spin_unlock_wait() loads below, such that if
- * nf_conntrack_lock() observes 'nf_conntrack_locks_all'
- * we must observe nf_conntrack_locks[] held:
- */
- smp_mb(); /* spin_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock) */
+ nf_conntrack_locks_all = true;
for (i = 0; i < CONNTRACK_LOCKS; i++) {
- spin_unlock_wait(&nf_conntrack_locks[i]);
+ spin_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks[i]);
+
+ /* This spin_unlock provides the "release" to ensure that
+ * nf_conntrack_locks_all==true is visible to everyone that
+ * acquired spin_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks[]).
+ */
+ spin_unlock(&nf_conntrack_locks[i]);
}
}
static void nf_conntrack_all_unlock(void)
{
- /*
- * All prior stores must be complete before we clear
+ /* All prior stores must be complete before we clear
* 'nf_conntrack_locks_all'. Otherwise nf_conntrack_lock()
* might observe the false value but not the entire
- * critical section:
+ * critical section.
+ * It pairs with the smp_load_acquire() in nf_conntrack_lock()
*/
smp_store_release(&nf_conntrack_locks_all, false);
spin_unlock(&nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.13/net-netfilter-nf_conntrack_core-fix-net_conntrack_lock.patch