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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: "Michał Mirosław" <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20 13/14] nfnetlink_log: fix reference counting
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:58:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45D1B5FA.5050704@trash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070212202255.GD28704@rere.qmqm.pl>

Micha³ Miros³aw wrote:
> Fix reference counting (memory leak) problem in __nfulnl_send() and callers
> related to packet queueing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
> 
> --- linux-2.6.20/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c.11	2007-02-12 17:35:50.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.20/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c	2007-02-12 17:58:01.000000000 +0100
> @@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ _instance_destroy2(struct nfulnl_instanc
>  
>  	spin_lock_bh(&inst->lock);
>  	if (inst->skb) {
> +		/* timer "holds" one reference (we have one more) */
> +		if (timer_pending(&inst->timer)) {
> +			del_timer(&inst->timer);
> +			instance_put(inst);

This should be done outside of the locked section and using
del_timer_sync to make sure the timer is not already active
and waiting for the lock.

Please combine this with 07/10 if possible.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-13 12:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-12  0:37 [PATCH 2.6.20 00/10] nfnetlink_log: patch series introduction Michał Mirosław
2007-02-12 20:20 ` [PATCH 2.6.20 +0/14] nfnetlink_log: patch series season 2 Michał Mirosław
2007-02-12 20:22   ` [PATCH 2.6.20 11/14] nfnetlink_log: iterator functions need iter_state * only Michał Mirosław
2007-02-13 12:51     ` Patrick McHardy
2007-02-12 20:22   ` [PATCH 2.6.20 12/14] nfnetlink_log: possible NULL pointer dereference in nfulnl_recv_config() Michał Mirosław
2007-02-13 12:55     ` Patrick McHardy
2007-02-12 20:22   ` [PATCH 2.6.20 13/14] nfnetlink_log: fix reference counting Michał Mirosław
2007-02-13 12:58     ` Patrick McHardy [this message]
2007-02-14 11:38       ` Michał Mirosław
2007-02-12 20:23   ` [PATCH 2.6.20 14/14] nfnetlink_log: micro-optimization: inst->skb != NULL in __nfulnl_send() Michał Mirosław
2007-02-14 11:57     ` Michał Mirosław

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