[PATCH v1 net 02/15] sysctl: Fix data-races in proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies().

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

A sysctl variable is accessed concurrently, and there is always a chance
of data-race.  So, all readers and writers need some basic protection to
avoid load/store-tearing.

This patch changes proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies() to use READ_ONCE() and
WRITE_ONCE() internally to fix data-races on the sysctl side.  For now,
proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies() itself is tolerant to a data-race, but we still
need to add annotations on the other subsystem's side.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sysctl.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index b016d68da08a..d99bc3945445 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1224,9 +1224,9 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 
 		if (jif > INT_MAX)
 			return 1;
-		*valp = (int)jif;
+		WRITE_ONCE(*valp, (int)jif);
 	} else {
-		int val = *valp;
+		int val = READ_ONCE(*valp);
 		unsigned long lval;
 		if (val < 0) {
 			*negp = true;
@@ -1294,8 +1294,8 @@ int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
  * @ppos: the current position in the file
  *
  * Reads/writes up to table->maxlen/sizeof(unsigned int) integer
- * values from/to the user buffer, treated as an ASCII string. 
- * The values read are assumed to be in 1/1000 seconds, and 
+ * values from/to the user buffer, treated as an ASCII string.
+ * The values read are assumed to be in 1/1000 seconds, and
  * are converted into jiffies.
  *
  * Returns 0 on success.
-- 
2.30.2