tipc: Revert "tipc: use existing sk_write_queue for outgoing packet chain"
authorParthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com>
Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:07:09 +0000 (11:07 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 3 Mar 2016 21:30:29 +0000 (16:30 -0500)
commitf214fc402967e1bc94ad7f39faa03db5813d6849
tree5d2ed4587e08c100519da814d6e4af9e11052cb4
parent1837b2e2bcd23137766555a63867e649c0b637f0
tipc: Revert "tipc: use existing sk_write_queue for outgoing packet chain"

reverts commit 94153e36e709e ("tipc: use existing sk_write_queue for
outgoing packet chain")

In Commit 94153e36e709e, we assume that we fill & empty the socket's
sk_write_queue within the same lock_sock() session.

This is not true if the link is congested. During congestion, the
socket lock is released while we wait for the congestion to cease.
This implementation causes a nullptr exception, if the user space
program has several threads accessing the same socket descriptor.

Consider two threads of the same program performing the following:
     Thread1                                  Thread2
--------------------                    ----------------------
Enter tipc_sendmsg()                    Enter tipc_sendmsg()
lock_sock()                             lock_sock()
Enter tipc_link_xmit(), ret=ELINKCONG   spin on socket lock..
sk_wait_event()                             :
release_sock()                          grab socket lock
    :                                   Enter tipc_link_xmit(), ret=0
    :                                   release_sock()
Wakeup after congestion
lock_sock()
skb = skb_peek(pktchain);
!! TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->wakeup_pending = tsk->link_cong;

In this case, the second thread transmits the buffers belonging to
both thread1 and thread2 successfully. When the first thread wakeup
after the congestion it assumes that the pktchain is intact and
operates on the skb's in it, which leads to the following exception:

[2102.439969] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000000d0
[2102.440074] IP: [<ffffffffa005f330>] __tipc_link_xmit+0x2b0/0x4d0 [tipc]
[2102.440074] PGD 3fa3f067 PUD 3fa6b067 PMD 0
[2102.440074] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[2102.440074] CPU: 2 PID: 244 Comm: sender Not tainted 3.12.28 #1
[2102.440074] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa005f330>]  [<ffffffffa005f330>] __tipc_link_xmit+0x2b0/0x4d0 [tipc]
[...]
[2102.440074] Call Trace:
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff8163f0b9>] ? schedule+0x29/0x70
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffffa006a756>] ? tipc_node_unlock+0x46/0x170 [tipc]
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffffa005f761>] tipc_link_xmit+0x51/0xf0 [tipc]
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffffa006d8ae>] tipc_send_stream+0x11e/0x4f0 [tipc]
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff8106b150>] ? __wake_up_sync+0x20/0x20
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffffa006dc9c>] tipc_send_packet+0x1c/0x20 [tipc]
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff81502478>] sock_sendmsg+0xa8/0xd0
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff81507895>] ? release_sock+0x145/0x170
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff815030d8>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x3d8/0x3e0
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff816426ae>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xe/0x10
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff81115c2a>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x6ca/0x9d0
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff8107dd65>] ? set_next_entity+0x85/0xa0
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff816426de>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0xe/0x20
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff8107463c>] ? finish_task_switch+0x5c/0xc0
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff8163ea8c>] ? __schedule+0x34c/0x950
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff81504e12>] __sys_sendmsg+0x42/0x80
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff81504e62>] SyS_sendmsg+0x12/0x20
[2102.440074]  [<ffffffff8164aed2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

In this commit, we maintain the skb list always in the stack.

Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com>
Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/tipc/socket.c