Re: [PATCH] tipc: Fix tipc_sk_reinit handling of -EAGAIN

[David Miller]

From: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:43:02 -0400 (EDT)

> In 9dbbfb0ab6680c6a85609041011484e6658e7d3c function tipc_sk_reinit
> had additional logic added to loop in the event that function
> rhashtable_walk_next() returned -EAGAIN. No worries.
> 
> However, if rhashtable_walk_start returns -EAGAIN, it does "continue",
> and therefore skips the call to rhashtable_walk_stop(). That has
> the effect of calling rcu_read_lock() without its paired call to
> rcu_read_unlock(). Since rcu_read_lock() may be nested, the problem
> may not be apparent for a while, especially since resize events may
> be rare. But the comments to rhashtable_walk_start() state:
> 
>  * ...Note that we take the RCU lock in all
>  * cases including when we return an error.  So you must always call
>  * rhashtable_walk_stop to clean up.
> 
> This patch replaces the continue with a goto and label to ensure a
> matching call to rhashtable_walk_stop().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.