Re: [PATCH] cls_cgroup: read classid atomically in classifier

[Jiri Pirko]

Thu, May 21, 2009 at 08:31:26PM CEST, menage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>cls_cgroup: read classid atomically in classifier
>
>Avoid reading the unsynchronized value cs->classid multiple times,
>since it could change concurrently from non-zero to zero; this would
>result in the classifier returning a positive result with a bogus
>(zero) classid.
>
>Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <menage@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>---
>
>Resending to cc netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as requested by DaveM
>
> net/sched/cls_cgroup.c |   22 +++++++++++-----------
> 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c b/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c
>index 1ab4542..4ece6e0 100644
>--- a/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c
>+++ b/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c
>@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ static int cls_cgroup_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_proto *tp,
> 			       struct tcf_result *res)
> {
> 	struct cls_cgroup_head *head = tp->root;
>-	struct cgroup_cls_state *cs;
>-	int ret = 0;
>+        u32 classid;
  ^^^^^^^^ How about using TAB instead?
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * Due to the nature of the classifier it is required to ignore all
>@@ -115,17 +114,18 @@ static int cls_cgroup_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_proto *tp,
> 		return -1;
> 
> 	rcu_read_lock();
>-	cs = task_cls_state(current);
>-	if (cs->classid && tcf_em_tree_match(skb, &head->ematches, NULL)) {
>-		res->classid = cs->classid;
>-		res->class = 0;
>-		ret = tcf_exts_exec(skb, &head->exts, res);
>-	} else
>-		ret = -1;
>-
>+	classid = task_cls_state(current)->classid;
> 	rcu_read_unlock();
> 
>-	return ret;
>+	if (!classid)
>+		return -1;
>+
>+	if (!tcf_em_tree_match(skb, &head->ematches, NULL))
>+		return -1;
>+
>+	res->classid = classid;
>+	res->class = 0;
>+	return tcf_exts_exec(skb, &head->exts, res);
> }
> 
> static unsigned long cls_cgroup_get(struct tcf_proto *tp, u32 handle)
>
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