[PATCH] netlink: Unset cb_running when terminating dump on release

From: Siddh Raman Pant
Date: Sat Feb 15 2025 - 04:42:12 EST


When we terminated the dump, the callback isn't running, so cb_running
should be set to false to be logically consistent.

cb_running signifies whether a dump is ongoing. It is set to true in
cb->start(), and is checked in netlink_dump() to be true initially.
After the dump, it is set to false in the same function.

When we terminate a dump before it ends (see 1904fb9ebf91 ("netlink:
terminate outstanding dump on socket close")), we do not unset the
boolean flag cb_running. This is wrong - since the dump is no longer
running (we terminated it), it must be set to false to convey the
correct state.

Signed-off-by: Siddh Raman Pant <siddh.raman.pant@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 85311226183a..f8f13058a46e 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ static int netlink_release(struct socket *sock)
nlk->cb.done(&nlk->cb);
module_put(nlk->cb.module);
kfree_skb(nlk->cb.skb);
+ WRITE_ONCE(nlk->cb_running, false);
}

module_put(nlk->module);
--
2.45.2

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