[PATCH] openvswitch: Fix a possible memory leak on dst_cache

[PATCH] openvswitch: Fix a possible memory leak on dst_cache

[Haishuang Yan]

dst_cache should be destroyed when fail to add flow actions.

Fixes: d71785ffc7e7 ("net: add dst_cache to ovs vxlan lwtunnel")
Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@cmss.chinamobile.com>
---
 net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index d7559c6..1fd1cdd 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -2608,6 +2608,7 @@ static int validate_and_copy_set_tun(const struct nlattr *attr,
 			 sizeof(*ovs_tun), log);
 	if (IS_ERR(a)) {
 		dst_release((struct dst_entry *)tun_dst);
+		dst_cache_destroy(&tun_dst->u.tun_info.dst_cache);
 		return PTR_ERR(a);
 	}
 
-- 
1.8.3.1

Re: [PATCH] openvswitch: Fix a possible memory leak on dst_cache

[David Miller]

From: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@cmss.chinamobile.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:07:08 +0800

> dst_cache should be destroyed when fail to add flow actions.
> 
> Fixes: d71785ffc7e7 ("net: add dst_cache to ovs vxlan lwtunnel")
> Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@cmss.chinamobile.com>

OVS folks, please review.

Re: [PATCH] openvswitch: Fix a possible memory leak on dst_cache

[Gregory Rose]

On 7/18/2019 9:07 AM, Haishuang Yan wrote:
> dst_cache should be destroyed when fail to add flow actions.
>
> Fixes: d71785ffc7e7 ("net: add dst_cache to ovs vxlan lwtunnel")
> Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@cmss.chinamobile.com>
> ---
>   net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
> index d7559c6..1fd1cdd 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
> @@ -2608,6 +2608,7 @@ static int validate_and_copy_set_tun(const struct nlattr *attr,
>   			 sizeof(*ovs_tun), log);
>   	if (IS_ERR(a)) {
>   		dst_release((struct dst_entry *)tun_dst);
> +		dst_cache_destroy(&tun_dst->u.tun_info.dst_cache);
>   		return PTR_ERR(a);
>   	}
>   

Nack.

dst_release will decrement the ref count and will 
call_rcu(&dst->rcu_head, dst_destroy_rcu) if the ref count is zero.  No 
other net drivers call dst_destroy SFAICT.

Haishuang,

are you trying to fix some specific problem here?

Thanks,

- Greg

Re: [PATCH] openvswitch: Fix a possible memory leak on dst_cache

[Haishuang Yan]

> On 2019年7月19日, at 上午6:12, Gregory Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 7/18/2019 9:07 AM, Haishuang Yan wrote:
>> dst_cache should be destroyed when fail to add flow actions.
>> 
>> Fixes: d71785ffc7e7 ("net: add dst_cache to ovs vxlan lwtunnel")
>> Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@cmss.chinamobile.com>
>> ---
>>  net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
>> index d7559c6..1fd1cdd 100644
>> --- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
>> +++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
>> @@ -2608,6 +2608,7 @@ static int validate_and_copy_set_tun(const struct nlattr *attr,
>>  			 sizeof(*ovs_tun), log);
>>  	if (IS_ERR(a)) {
>>  		dst_release((struct dst_entry *)tun_dst);
>> +		dst_cache_destroy(&tun_dst->u.tun_info.dst_cache);
>>  		return PTR_ERR(a);
>>  	}
>>  
> 
> Nack.
> 
> dst_release will decrement the ref count and will call_rcu(&dst->rcu_head, dst_destroy_rcu) if the ref count is zero.  No other net drivers call dst_destroy SFAICT.
> 
> Haishuang,
> 
> are you trying to fix some specific problem here?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Greg
> 
> 

Greg,

You’re right, dst_cache would be freed in metadata_dst_free:

  125
  126         if (dst->flags & DST_METADATA)
  127                 metadata_dst_free((struct metadata_dst *)dst);
  128         else
  129                 kmem_cache_free(dst->ops->kmem_cachep, dst);
  130

I thought I encountered a memory leak, but it seems not an issue, thanks for you explanation.