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    net_sched: convert idrinfo->lock from spinlock to a mutex · 95278dda
    Cong Wang authored
    In commit ec3ed293 ("net_sched: change tcf_del_walker() to take idrinfo->lock")
    we move fl_hw_destroy_tmplt() to a workqueue to avoid blocking
    with the spinlock held. Unfortunately, this causes a lot of
    troubles here:
    
    1. tcf_chain_destroy() could be called right after we queue the work
       but before the work runs. This is a use-after-free.
    
    2. The chain refcnt is already 0, we can't even just hold it again.
       We can check refcnt==1 but it is ugly.
    
    3. The chain with refcnt 0 is still visible in its block, which means
       it could be still found and used!
    
    4. The block has a refcnt too, we can't hold it without introducing a
       proper API either.
    
    We can make it working but the end result is ugly. Instead of wasting
    time on reviewing it, let's just convert the troubling spinlock to
    a mutex, which allows us to use non-atomic allocations too.
    
    Fixes: ec3ed293
    
     ("net_sched: change tcf_del_walker() to take idrinfo->lock")
    Reported-by: default avatarIdo Schimmel <idosch@idosch.org>
    Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
    Cc: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com>
    Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarCong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarIdo Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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