Re: [PATCH] udp6: Fix race condition in udp6_sendmsg & connect

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Fri May 26 2023 - 12:47:57 EST


On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 6:41 PM Vlad Efanov <vefanov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> sk_dst_set() is called by sk_setup_caps().
>
> sk_dst_set() replaces dst in socket using xchg() call and we still have
> two tasks use one socket but expect different dst in sk_dst_cache.
>
>
> __sk_dst_set() is rcu protected, but it checks for socket lock.
>
>
> static inline void
> __sk_dst_set(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst)
> {
> struct dst_entry *old_dst;
>
> sk_tx_queue_clear(sk);
> sk->sk_dst_pending_confirm = 0;
> old_dst = rcu_dereference_protected(sk->sk_dst_cache,
> lockdep_sock_is_held(sk));
> rcu_assign_pointer(sk->sk_dst_cache, dst);
> dst_release(old_dst);
> }

I am quite familiar with this code.

What are you trying to say exactly ?

Please come with a V2 without grabbing the socket lock.