| Message ID | 20220706234003.66760-7-kuniyu@amazon.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | e877820877663fbae8cb9582ea597a7230b94df3 |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | sysctl: Fix data-races around ipv4_table. | expand |
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 8c55ba01f41b..bf9383d17e1b 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1173,9 +1173,12 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_jiffies_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp, if (write) { if (*lvalp > INT_MAX / HZ) return 1; - *valp = *negp ? -(*lvalp*HZ) : (*lvalp*HZ); + if (*negp) + WRITE_ONCE(*valp, -*lvalp * HZ); + else + WRITE_ONCE(*valp, *lvalp * HZ); } else { - int val = *valp; + int val = READ_ONCE(*valp); unsigned long lval; if (val < 0) { *negp = true;
A sysctl variable is accessed concurrently, and there is always a chance of data-race. So, all readers and writers need some basic protection to avoid load/store-tearing. This patch changes proc_dointvec_jiffies() to use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() internally to fix data-races on the sysctl side. For now, proc_dointvec_jiffies() itself is tolerant to a data-race, but we still need to add annotations on the other subsystem's side. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com> --- kernel/sysctl.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)