[BRIDGE]: Properly dereference the br_should_route_hook
authorPavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:58:58 +0000 (23:58 +1100)
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:58:58 +0000 (23:58 +1100)
This hook is protected with the RCU, so simple

if (br_should_route_hook)
br_should_route_hook(...)

is not enough on some architectures.

Use the rcu_dereference/rcu_assign_pointer in this case.

Fixed Stephen's comment concerning using the typeof().

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
net/bridge/br_input.c
net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_broute.c

index 3cedd4eeeed6f30826c671a4e0cfd5575fc88a51..0ee79a726d91f3159e293282013dd7fad395760e 100644 (file)
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static inline int is_link_local(const unsigned char *dest)
 struct sk_buff *br_handle_frame(struct net_bridge_port *p, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
        const unsigned char *dest = eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest;
+       int (*rhook)(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source))
                goto drop;
@@ -147,9 +148,9 @@ struct sk_buff *br_handle_frame(struct net_bridge_port *p, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
        switch (p->state) {
        case BR_STATE_FORWARDING:
-
-               if (br_should_route_hook) {
-                       if (br_should_route_hook(skb))
+               rhook = rcu_dereference(br_should_route_hook);
+               if (rhook != NULL) {
+                       if (rhook(skb))
                                return skb;
                        dest = eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest;
                }
index e44519ebf1d22b7054232a7ec6da86e6cff2461f..be6f18681053174667c6e7a2abcb4c79afe7c622 100644 (file)
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ static int __init ebtable_broute_init(void)
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
        /* see br_input.c */
-       br_should_route_hook = ebt_broute;
+       rcu_assign_pointer(br_should_route_hook, ebt_broute);
        return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit ebtable_broute_fini(void)
 {
-       br_should_route_hook = NULL;
+       rcu_assign_pointer(br_should_route_hook, NULL);
        synchronize_net();
        ebt_unregister_table(&broute_table);
 }