Re: [PATCH] af_key: fix netns ops ordering on module load/unload

[David Miller]

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:56:30 +0100

> Le lundi 01 février 2010 à 14:50 +0100, Luca Tettamanti a écrit :
>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> > [PATCH] af_key: fix netns ops ordering on module load/unload
>> >
>> > 1. After sock_register() returns, it's possible to create sockets,
>> >   even if module still not initialized fully (blame generic module code
>> >   for that!)
>> > 2. Consequently, pfkey_create() can be called with pfkey_net_id still not
>> >   initialized which will BUG_ON in net_generic():
>> >        kernel BUG at include/net/netns/generic.h:43!
>> > 3. During netns shutdown, netns ops should be unregistered after
>> >   key manager unregistered because key manager calls can be triggered
>> >   from xfrm_user module:
>> >
>> >        general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
>> >        pfkey_broadcast+0x111/0x210 [af_key]
>> >        pfkey_send_notify+0x16a/0x300 [af_key]
>> >        km_state_notify+0x41/0x70
>> >        xfrm_flush_sa+0x75/0x90 [xfrm_user]
>> > 4. Unregister netns ops after socket ops just in case and for symmetry.
>> >
>> > Reported by Luca Tettamanti.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> Tested-by: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks everyone!
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