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Re: [Patch] ipvs: close race conditions on ip_vs_conn_tab list modificat

To: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Patch] ipvs: close race conditions on ip_vs_conn_tab list modification
From: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:48:22 -0400
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wensong Zhang <wensong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, akpm@xxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 11:46:21AM +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> 
>       Hello,
> 
>       adding netdev to CC
> 
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Neil Horman wrote:
><snip> 
>       Looks ok but can you test an extended version:
> 
> - remove these atomic_inc for cp and ct and the corresponding
> __ip_vs_conn_put from ip_vs_conn_expire_now
> 
> - do the same for ip_vs_random_dropentry, it looks wrong in the same
> way because it is not running anymore together with the connection 
> expiration in same sltimer_handler
> 
>       Also, 2.4 needs the same changes, I hope you can continue?
> 
> Regards
> 
> --
> Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>

No problem.  New patch attached with the above corrections/enhancements made.
I've tested them here, and had good results.

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxx>

 ip_vs_conn.c |   15 ---------------
 1 files changed, 15 deletions(-)


--- linux-2.6.git/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c.orig       2005-06-23 
13:11:00.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.git/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c    2005-06-24 08:57:30.000000000 
-0400
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@
 {
        if (del_timer(&cp->timer))
                mod_timer(&cp->timer, jiffies);
-       __ip_vs_conn_put(cp);
 }
 
 
@@ -801,21 +800,12 @@
                                        continue;
                        }
 
-                       /*
-                        * Drop the entry, and drop its ct if not referenced
-                        */
-                       atomic_inc(&cp->refcnt);
-                       ct_write_unlock(hash);
-
-                       if ((ct = cp->control))
-                               atomic_inc(&ct->refcnt);
                        IP_VS_DBG(4, "del connection\n");
                        ip_vs_conn_expire_now(cp);
                        if (ct) {
                                IP_VS_DBG(4, "del conn template\n");
                                ip_vs_conn_expire_now(ct);
                        }
-                       ct_write_lock(hash);
                }
                ct_write_unlock(hash);
        }
@@ -839,18 +829,13 @@
                ct_write_lock_bh(idx);
 
                list_for_each_entry(cp, &ip_vs_conn_tab[idx], c_list) {
-                       atomic_inc(&cp->refcnt);
-                       ct_write_unlock(idx);
 
-                       if ((ct = cp->control))
-                               atomic_inc(&ct->refcnt);
                        IP_VS_DBG(4, "del connection\n");
                        ip_vs_conn_expire_now(cp);
                        if (ct) {
                                IP_VS_DBG(4, "del conn template\n");
                                ip_vs_conn_expire_now(ct);
                        }
-                       ct_write_lock(idx);
                }
                ct_write_unlock_bh(idx);
        }
-- 
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