[PATCH] xfrm: dst_entries_init() per-net dst_ops

[dan . streetman]

From: Dan Streetman <dan.streetman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The ipv4 and ipv6 xfrms each create a template dst_ops object, and
perform dst_entries_init() on the template objects.  Then each net
namespace has its net.xfrm.xfrm[46]_dst_ops field set to the template
values.  The problem with that is the dst_ops.pcpuc_entries field is
a percpu counter and cannot be used correctly by simply copying it to
another object.

The result of this is a very subtle bug; changes to the dst entries
counter from one net namespace may sometimes get applied to a different
net namespace dst entries counter.  This is because of how the percpu
counter works; it has a main count field as well as a pointer to the
percpu variables.  Each net namespace maintains its own main count
variable, but all point to one set of percpu variables.  When any net
namespace happens to change one of the percpu variables to outside its
small batch range, its count is moved to the net namespace's main count
variable.  So with multiple net namespaces operating concurrently, the
dst_ops entries counter can stray from the actual value that it should
be; if counts are consistently moved from one net namespace to another
(which my testing showed is likely), then one net namespace winds up
with a negative dst_ops count (which is reported as 0) while another
winds up with a continually increasing count, eventually reaching its
gc_thresh limit, which causes all new traffic on the net namespace to
fail with -ENOBUFS.

This removes the dst_entries_init (and dst_entries_destroy) call for
the template dst_ops objects; their counters will never be used.
Instead dst_entries_init is called for each net namespace's dst_ops
object, right after copying its values from the template, and
dst_entries_destroy is called when the net namespace is removed.

Signed-off-by: Dan Streetman <dan.streetman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@xxxxxxxx>
---
 net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c |  5 +++--
 net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c | 10 ++++------
 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c  | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
index f2606b9..5f747ee 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ static void xfrm4_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
 	xfrm_dst_ifdown(dst, dev);
 }
 
+/* This is used as a template only; the dst_entries counter is not
+ * initialized for this, but must be on per-net copies of this
+ */
 static struct dst_ops xfrm4_dst_ops = {
 	.family =		AF_INET,
 	.gc =			xfrm4_garbage_collect,
@@ -325,8 +328,6 @@ static void __init xfrm4_policy_init(void)
 
 void __init xfrm4_init(void)
 {
-	dst_entries_init(&xfrm4_dst_ops);
-
 	xfrm4_state_init();
 	xfrm4_policy_init();
 	xfrm4_protocol_init();
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index 2cc5840..b895ec1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ static void xfrm6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
 	xfrm_dst_ifdown(dst, dev);
 }
 
+/* This is used as a template only; the dst_entries counter is not
+ * initialized for this, but must be on per-net copies of this
+ */
 static struct dst_ops xfrm6_dst_ops = {
 	.family =		AF_INET6,
 	.gc =			xfrm6_garbage_collect,
@@ -376,13 +379,9 @@ int __init xfrm6_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	dst_entries_init(&xfrm6_dst_ops);
-
 	ret = xfrm6_policy_init();
-	if (ret) {
-		dst_entries_destroy(&xfrm6_dst_ops);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	}
 	ret = xfrm6_state_init();
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_policy;
@@ -411,5 +410,4 @@ void xfrm6_fini(void)
 	xfrm6_protocol_fini();
 	xfrm6_policy_fini();
 	xfrm6_state_fini();
-	dst_entries_destroy(&xfrm6_dst_ops);
 }
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 09bfcba..5381719 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -2896,12 +2896,32 @@ static void __net_init xfrm_dst_ops_init(struct net *net)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET]);
-	if (afinfo)
+	if (afinfo) {
 		net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops = *afinfo->dst_ops;
+		dst_entries_init(&net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops);
+	}
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET6]);
-	if (afinfo)
+	if (afinfo) {
 		net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops = *afinfo->dst_ops;
+		dst_entries_init(&net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops);
+	}
+#endif
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+static void xfrm_dst_ops_fini(struct net *net)
+{
+	struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET]);
+	if (afinfo)
+		dst_entries_destroy(&net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET6]);
+	if (afinfo)
+		dst_entries_destroy(&net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops);
 #endif
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
@@ -3085,6 +3105,7 @@ static void __net_exit xfrm_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	flow_cache_fini(net);
 	xfrm_sysctl_fini(net);
+	xfrm_dst_ops_fini(net);
 	xfrm_policy_fini(net);
 	xfrm_state_fini(net);
 	xfrm_statistics_fini(net);
-- 
2.5.0

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