staging/rdma/hfi1: fix pio progress routine race with allocator
authorMike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com>
Thu, 3 Dec 2015 19:34:18 +0000 (14:34 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:00:17 +0000 (14:00 -0800)
The allocation code assumes that the shadow ring cannot
be overrun because the credits will limit the allocation.

Unfortuately, the progress mechanism in sc_release_update() updates
the free count prior to processing the shadow ring, allowing the
shadow ring to be overrun by an allocation.

Reviewed-by: Mark Debbage <mark.debbage@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/pio.c

index eab58c12d91599e11ef47434193574b04071ced6..8e10857d5b7da652148e31f21398f7ee786e31b1 100644 (file)
@@ -1565,6 +1565,7 @@ void sc_release_update(struct send_context *sc)
        u64 hw_free;
        u32 head, tail;
        unsigned long old_free;
+       unsigned long free;
        unsigned long extra;
        unsigned long flags;
        int code;
@@ -1579,7 +1580,7 @@ void sc_release_update(struct send_context *sc)
        extra = (((hw_free & CR_COUNTER_SMASK) >> CR_COUNTER_SHIFT)
                        - (old_free & CR_COUNTER_MASK))
                                & CR_COUNTER_MASK;
-       sc->free = old_free + extra;
+       free = old_free + extra;
        trace_hfi1_piofree(sc, extra);
 
        /* call sent buffer callbacks */
@@ -1589,7 +1590,7 @@ void sc_release_update(struct send_context *sc)
        while (head != tail) {
                pbuf = &sc->sr[tail].pbuf;
 
-               if (sent_before(sc->free, pbuf->sent_at)) {
+               if (sent_before(free, pbuf->sent_at)) {
                        /* not sent yet */
                        break;
                }
@@ -1603,8 +1604,10 @@ void sc_release_update(struct send_context *sc)
                if (tail >= sc->sr_size)
                        tail = 0;
        }
-       /* update tail, in case we moved it */
        sc->sr_tail = tail;
+       /* make sure tail is updated before free */
+       smp_wmb();
+       sc->free = free;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sc->release_lock, flags);
        sc_piobufavail(sc);
 }