* [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: set dst dev to blackhole_netdev instead of loopback_dev in ifdown
@ 2022-05-13 15:47 Xin Long
2022-05-13 16:22 ` Eric Dumazet
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Xin Long @ 2022-05-13 15:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: network dev; +Cc: davem, kuba, Eric Dumazet, Steffen Klassert
The global blackhole_netdev has replaced pernet loopback_dev to become the
one given to the object that holds an netdev when ifdown in many places of
ipv4 and ipv6 since commit 8d7017fd621d ("blackhole_netdev: use
blackhole_netdev to invalidate dst entries").
Especially after commit faab39f63c1f ("net: allow out-of-order netdev
unregistration"), it's no longer safe to use loopback_dev that may be
freed before other netdev.
This patch is to set dst dev to blackhole_netdev instead of loopback_dev
in ifdown.
Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 00bd0ecff5a1..f1876ea61fdc 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -3744,7 +3744,7 @@ static int stale_bundle(struct dst_entry *dst)
void xfrm_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev)
{
while ((dst = xfrm_dst_child(dst)) && dst->xfrm && dst->dev == dev) {
- dst->dev = dev_net(dev)->loopback_dev;
+ dst->dev = blackhole_netdev;
dev_hold(dst->dev);
dev_put(dev);
}
--
2.31.1
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* Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: set dst dev to blackhole_netdev instead of loopback_dev in ifdown
2022-05-13 15:47 [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: set dst dev to blackhole_netdev instead of loopback_dev in ifdown Xin Long
@ 2022-05-13 16:22 ` Eric Dumazet
2022-05-13 18:56 ` Xin Long
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Dumazet @ 2022-05-13 16:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xin Long; +Cc: network dev, David Miller, Jakub Kicinski, Steffen Klassert
On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 8:47 AM Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The global blackhole_netdev has replaced pernet loopback_dev to become the
> one given to the object that holds an netdev when ifdown in many places of
> ipv4 and ipv6 since commit 8d7017fd621d ("blackhole_netdev: use
> blackhole_netdev to invalidate dst entries").
>
> Especially after commit faab39f63c1f ("net: allow out-of-order netdev
> unregistration"), it's no longer safe to use loopback_dev that may be
> freed before other netdev.
Maybe add it formally in Fixes: tag.
>
> This patch is to set dst dev to blackhole_netdev instead of loopback_dev
> in ifdown.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> index 00bd0ecff5a1..f1876ea61fdc 100644
> --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> @@ -3744,7 +3744,7 @@ static int stale_bundle(struct dst_entry *dst)
> void xfrm_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev)
> {
> while ((dst = xfrm_dst_child(dst)) && dst->xfrm && dst->dev == dev) {
> - dst->dev = dev_net(dev)->loopback_dev;
> + dst->dev = blackhole_netdev;
I assume the XFRM layer is ready to deal with dst->dev set to blackhole ?
No initial setup needed ?
Thanks
> dev_hold(dst->dev);
> dev_put(dev);
> }
> --
> 2.31.1
>
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* Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: set dst dev to blackhole_netdev instead of loopback_dev in ifdown
2022-05-13 16:22 ` Eric Dumazet
@ 2022-05-13 18:56 ` Xin Long
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Xin Long @ 2022-05-13 18:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Dumazet; +Cc: network dev, David Miller, Jakub Kicinski, Steffen Klassert
On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 12:22 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 8:47 AM Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The global blackhole_netdev has replaced pernet loopback_dev to become the
> > one given to the object that holds an netdev when ifdown in many places of
> > ipv4 and ipv6 since commit 8d7017fd621d ("blackhole_netdev: use
> > blackhole_netdev to invalidate dst entries").
> >
> > Especially after commit faab39f63c1f ("net: allow out-of-order netdev
> > unregistration"), it's no longer safe to use loopback_dev that may be
> > freed before other netdev.
>
> Maybe add it formally in Fixes: tag.
>
Sure. :)
Fixes: faab39f63c1f ("net: allow out-of-order netdev unregistration")
> >
> > This patch is to set dst dev to blackhole_netdev instead of loopback_dev
> > in ifdown.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> > index 00bd0ecff5a1..f1876ea61fdc 100644
> > --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> > +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> > @@ -3744,7 +3744,7 @@ static int stale_bundle(struct dst_entry *dst)
> > void xfrm_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev)
> > {
> > while ((dst = xfrm_dst_child(dst)) && dst->xfrm && dst->dev == dev) {
> > - dst->dev = dev_net(dev)->loopback_dev;
> > + dst->dev = blackhole_netdev;
>
> I assume the XFRM layer is ready to deal with dst->dev set to blackhole ?
>
> No initial setup needed ?
I don't see why it's not ready, since it's been using loopback_dev.
In early time, commit 8d7017fd621d replaced loopback_dev quite straightforward
for ipv4/6.
BTW, there's still another one left in dn_dst_ifdown(), I will fix it
in another patch.
Thanks.
>
> Thanks
>
> > dev_hold(dst->dev);
> > dev_put(dev);
> > }
> > --
> > 2.31.1
> >
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