rocker->neigh_tbl_next_index is used to generate unique indices for neigh
entries programmed into the device. The way new indices were generated was
racy with the new prepare-commit transaction model. A simple fix here
removes the race. The race was with two processes getting the same index,
one process using prepare-commit, the other not:
Proc A Proc B
PREPARE phase
get neigh_tbl_next_index
NONE phase
get neigh_tbl_next_index
neigh_tbl_next_index++
COMMIT phase
neigh_tbl_next_index++
Both A and B got the same index. The fix is to store and increment
neigh_tbl_next_index in the PREPARE (or NONE) phase and use value in COMMIT
phase:
Proc A Proc B
PREPARE phase
get neigh_tbl_next_index
neigh_tbl_next_index++
NONE phase
get neigh_tbl_next_index
neigh_tbl_next_index++
COMMIT phase
// use value stashed in PREPARE phase
Reported-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
enum switchdev_trans trans,
struct rocker_neigh_tbl_entry *entry)
{
- entry->index = rocker->neigh_tbl_next_index;
+ if (trans != SWITCHDEV_TRANS_COMMIT)
+ entry->index = rocker->neigh_tbl_next_index++;
if (trans == SWITCHDEV_TRANS_PREPARE)
return;
- rocker->neigh_tbl_next_index++;
entry->ref_count++;
hash_add(rocker->neigh_tbl, &entry->entry,
be32_to_cpu(entry->ip_addr));