Re: Missing a write memory barrier in tls_init()

[Sabrina Dubroca]

2023-11-06, 14:36:59 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 16:11:29 +0900 Dae R. Jeong wrote:
> > In addition, I believe the {tls_setsockopt, tls_getsockopt}
> > implementation is fine because of the address dependency. I think
> > load-load reordering is prohibited in this case so we don't need a
> > read barrier.
> 
> Sounds plausible, could you send a patch?
>
> The smb_wmb() would be better placed in tls_init(), IMHO.

Wouldn't it be enough to just move the rcu_assign_pointer after ctx is
fully initialized, ie just before update_sk_prot? also clearer wrt
RCU.
(and maybe get rid of tls_ctx_create and move all that into tls_init,
it's not much and we don't even set ctx->{tx,rx}_conf in there)

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Sabrina