Re: [PATCH net v2 1/4] octeon_ep: fix race conditions in ndo_get_stats64

[Larysa Zaremba]

On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 11:58:39PM -0800, Shinas Rasheed wrote:
> ndo_get_stats64() can race with ndo_stop(), which frees input and
> output queue resources. Call synchronize_net() to avoid such races.
> 
> Fixes: 6a610a46bad1 ("octeon_ep: add support for ndo ops")
> Signed-off-by: Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> V2:
>   - Changed sync mechanism to fix race conditions from using an atomic
>     set_bit ops to a much simpler synchronize_net()
> 
> V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241203072130.2316913-2-srasheed@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> index 549436efc204..941bbaaa67b5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> @@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ static int octep_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
>  {
>  	struct octep_device *oct = netdev_priv(netdev);
>  
> +	synchronize_net();

You should have elaborated on the fact that this synchronize_net() is for 
__LINK_STATE_START flag in the commit message, this is not obvious. Also, is 
octep_get_stats64() called from RCU-safe context?

>  	netdev_info(netdev, "Stopping the device ...\n");
>  
>  	octep_ctrl_net_set_link_status(oct, OCTEP_CTRL_NET_INVALID_VFID, false,
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
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