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From: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
To: "Ma, Liang J" <liang.j.ma@intel.com>
Cc: "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	ZY Qiu <quzeyao@gmail.com>, Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	"Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, ZY Qiu <tgw_team@tencent.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] rte_ethdev: safer memory access by calling Rx callback
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 15:19:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SN6PR11MB255822EF1C35F88450BC74C89AE20@SN6PR11MB2558.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200305144712.GA7829@sivswdev09.ir.intel.com>


> On 05 Mar 11:27, Ananyev, Konstantin wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 01:33:49AM +0800, ZY Qiu wrote:
> > > > When compiling with -O0,
> > > > the compiler does not optimize two memory accesses into one.
> > > > Leads to accessing a null pointer when queue post Rx burst callback
> > > > removal while traffic is running.
> > > > See rte_eth_tx_burst function.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: ZY Qiu <tgw_team@tencent.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 6 ++----
> > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> > > > index d1a593ad1..35eb580ff 100644
> > > > --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> > > > +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> > > > @@ -4388,10 +4388,8 @@ rte_eth_rx_burst(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t queue_id,
> > > >  				     rx_pkts, nb_pkts);
> > > >
> > > >  #ifdef RTE_ETHDEV_RXTX_CALLBACKS
> > > > -	if (unlikely(dev->post_rx_burst_cbs[queue_id] != NULL)) {
> > > > -		struct rte_eth_rxtx_callback *cb =
> > > > -				dev->post_rx_burst_cbs[queue_id];
> > > > -
> > > > +	struct rte_eth_rxtx_callback *cb = dev->post_rx_burst_cbs[queue_id];
> > > > +	if (unlikely(cb != NULL)) {
> > > >  		do {
> > > >  			nb_rx = cb->fn.rx(port_id, queue_id, rx_pkts, nb_rx,
> > > >  						nb_pkts, cb->param);
> > > > --
> > > > 2.17.1
> > > While I don't have an issue with this fix, can you explain as to why this is a
> > > problem that needs to be fixed? Normally TOCTOU issues are flagged and
> > > fixed for external resources e.g. files, that can be modified between check
> > > and use, but this is just referencing internal data in the program itself,
> > > so I'm wondering what the risk is? From a security viewpoint if an attacker
> > > can modify the function pointers in our code, is it not already "game over"
> > > for keeping the running program safe?
> > >
> >
> > Right now RX/TX cb functions are not protected by any sync mechanism.
> > So while dataplane thread can do RX/TX control threads supposed to
> > be able to add/remove callbacks.
> > I am agree with Stephen here, we probably need either (volatile *)
> > or compiler_barrier() here.
> >
> >
> For my opinion,
>     the key question here is if the abstract layer code has to be thread safe or application
>     developer look after thread safe of key data structure ?
> 
>         1. Single thread case :
>            Current code has no issue even compiler behavior is different with -O0 or O3.
>            -O3 merge 2 loads into 1,  -O0 still use 2 loads.
> 
>         2. Multiple thread case:
>               As Konstantin said, there is no sync primitive to protect cb pointer at all.
>               Because of X86 64bit memory access is atomic, then, -O3 and -O0 will lead to totally different result.
>               I don’t think that's a fix because a Fix cannot depend on specific Arch is strong memory order or weak memory order.
> 
>     Volatile or memory barrier may not fix this with a general style for multi-threads.

Can you elaborate why?
From my perspective compiler_barrier seems enough here.

> 
>     I will suggest add comment to clarify the scenario and let developer make decision.
> 
> Regards


  reply	other threads:[~2020-03-05 15:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-04 14:05 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] rte_ethdev: fix unsafe memory access by calling RX callback Tencent TGW team
2020-03-04 14:16 ` Andrew Rybchenko
     [not found]   ` <61a6b7d5533643d692c40dc0ab1a2cdc@tencent.com>
2020-03-04 16:26     ` tgw_team
2020-03-04 16:15 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-04 16:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] rte_ethdev: fix unsafe memory access by calling RX callback.(Internet mail) tgw_team
2020-03-04 17:37     ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-04 17:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] rte_ethdev: fix unsafe memory access by calling RX callback tgw_team
2020-03-04 17:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] rte_ethdev: safer memory access by calling Rx callback ZY Qiu
2020-03-04 17:56   ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-04 18:31     ` tgw_team
2020-03-05  9:19   ` Bruce Richardson
2020-03-05 11:27     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-03-05 14:23       ` tgw_team
2020-03-05 14:47       ` Liang, Ma
2020-03-05 15:19         ` Ananyev, Konstantin [this message]
2020-03-05 15:42           ` Liang, Ma
2020-03-05 16:47   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] rte_ethdev: safer memory access by calling Rx/Tx callback ZY Qiu
2020-03-05 17:23     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-03-11 12:22     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-03-11 12:26       ` Jerin Jacob
2020-10-01 15:14         ` Ferruh Yigit

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