[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/10] kni: don't touch struct kni_dev after freeing

[Dan Gora <dg@adax.com>]

Since the struct kni_dev is allocated as part of the netdev with
alloc_netdev, when free_netdev is called, this also frees the struct
kni_dev embedded in it.

This means that we cannot touch struct kni_dev after calling
free_netdev since that memory was already deallocated.

Separate unregistering the net_dev with unregister_netdev from freeing
the net_device and kni_dev structures into separate functions and
ensure that we do not touch anything in the kni_dev structure after
freeing it (ie don't call list_del(), etc...).

Signed-off-by: Dan Gora <dg@adax.com>
---
 kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h  |  1 +
 kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h
index ed42989cc..f9aa90ff9 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h
+++ b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct kni_dev {
 	struct list_head list;
 
 	struct net_device_stats stats;
+	uint16_t registered;         /* 0 if already released, 1 otherwise */
 	uint16_t group_id;           /* Group ID of a group of KNI devices */
 	uint32_t core_id;            /* Core ID to bind */
 	char name[RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE]; /* Network device name */
diff --git a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c
index d889ffc4b..1c38cfa1a 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c
+++ b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c
@@ -184,17 +184,34 @@ kni_dev_remove(struct kni_dev *dev)
 			ixgbe_kni_remove(dev->pci_dev);
 		else if (pci_match_id(igb_pci_tbl, dev->pci_dev))
 			igb_kni_remove(dev->pci_dev);
+		dev->pci_dev = NULL;
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (dev->net_dev) {
+	if (dev->registered) {
 		unregister_netdev(dev->net_dev);
-		free_netdev(dev->net_dev);
+		dev->registered = 0;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+kni_dev_free(struct kni_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct net_device *net_dev;
+	/*
+	 * Remember that struct kni_dev is part of the netdev
+	 * structure, so we free *both* with free_netdev.
+	 */
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return;
+	net_dev = dev->net_dev;
+	dev->net_dev = NULL;
+	if (net_dev)
+		free_netdev(net_dev);
+}
+
 static int
 kni_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
@@ -224,6 +241,7 @@ kni_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		kni_dev_remove(dev);
 		kni_net_release_fifo_phy(dev);
 		list_del(&dev->list);
+		kni_dev_free(dev);
 	}
 	up_write(&knet->kni_list_lock);
 
@@ -457,15 +475,18 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("error %i registering device \"%s\"\n",
 					ret, dev_info.name);
+		kni_dev_remove(kni);
 		kni_net_release_fifo_phy(kni);
-		free_netdev(net_dev);
+		kni_dev_free(kni);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
+	kni->registered = 1;
 
 	ret = kni_run_thread(knet, kni, dev_info.force_bind);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		kni_dev_remove(kni);
 		kni_net_release_fifo_phy(kni);
+		kni_dev_free(kni);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -550,6 +571,7 @@ kni_ioctl_free(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 
 		kni_net_release_fifo_phy(dev);
 		list_del(&dev->list);
+		kni_dev_free(dev);
 		up_write(&knet->kni_list_lock);
 		pr_info("Successfully freed kni interface: %s\n",
 			dev_info.name);
-- 
2.18.0.rc1.1.g6f333ff2f