[lvc-project] [PATCH v2] can: fix skb reference counting in j1939_session_new()

Oleksij Rempel o.rempel at pengutronix.de
Fri Nov 29 16:25:09 MSK 2024


On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 10:43:04AM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 05:37:53PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> > Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 10:48:23AM CET, dmantipov at yandex.ru wrote:
> > >Since 'j1939_session_skb_queue()' do an extra 'skb_get()' for each
> > >new skb, I assume that the same should be done for an initial one
> > 
> > It is odd to write "I assume" for fix like this. You should know for
> > sure, don't you?
> 
> Hm... looks the there is more then one refcounting problem at this
> point. skb_queue is set from 3 different paths, with resulting 3 different
> refcount states:
> 
> j1939_sk_send_loop()
>   skb = j1939_sk_alloc_skb() // skb with refcount == 1
>   if (!session) {
>     session = j1939_tp_send(priv, skb, size)
>        ... 
>        session = j1939_session_new(priv, skb, size);
>           skb_queue_tail(&session->skb_queue, skb); // skb refcount == 1
>           
>   } else {
>     j1939_session_skb_queue(session, skb);
>       // here, skb is refcounted
>       skb_queue_tail(&session->skb_queue, skb_get(skb)); // skb refcount == 2
>   }
>   
>   // at the end of function, skb refcount == 1 or 2
>      
> j1939_xtp_rx_rts_session_new()
>   j1939_session_fresh_new()
>     skb = alloc_skb() // skb with refcount == 1
>     session = j1939_session_new(priv, skb, size);
>        skb_queue_tail(&session->skb_queue, skb);
>     skb_put(skb, size); // skb with refcount == 0
> 
> I agree with this patch, but there is missing skb_put() in j1939_sk_send_loop()

Please forget it, no skb_free is needed in the j1939_sk_send_loop().

Regards,
Oleksij
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