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* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ivshmem: fix race condition
@ 2016-04-01  8:16 Mauricio Vasquez B
  2016-04-01  9:01 ` Burakov, Anatoly
  2016-04-01 11:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Mauricio Vasquez B
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mauricio Vasquez B @ 2016-04-01  8:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Anatoly Burakov; +Cc: dev

The memory zone could be freed just after adding it to the metadata
file and just before marking it as not freeable.
This patch changes the locking logic in order to prevent it.

Fixes: cd10c42eb5bc ("mem: fix ivshmem freeing")

Signed-off-by: Mauricio Vasquez B <mauricio.vasquezbernal@studenti.polito.it>
---
 lib/librte_ivshmem/rte_ivshmem.c | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ivshmem/rte_ivshmem.c b/lib/librte_ivshmem/rte_ivshmem.c
index 8fc4b57..ed2c276 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ivshmem/rte_ivshmem.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ivshmem/rte_ivshmem.c
@@ -471,10 +471,16 @@ add_memzone_to_metadata(const struct rte_memzone * mz,
 		struct ivshmem_config * config)
 {
 	struct rte_ivshmem_metadata_entry * entry;
-	unsigned i;
+	unsigned i, idx;
+	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg;
 
 	rte_spinlock_lock(&config->sl);
 
+	mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
+
+	/* it prevents the memzone being freed while we add it to the metadata */
+	rte_rwlock_write_lock(&mcfg->mlock);
+
 	/* find free slot in this config */
 	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(config->metadata->entry); i++) {
 		entry = &config->metadata->entry[i];
@@ -504,13 +510,6 @@ add_memzone_to_metadata(const struct rte_memzone * mz,
 				config->metadata->name);
 		goto fail;
 	}
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_IVSHMEM
-	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg;
-	unsigned int idx;
-
-	mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
-
-	rte_rwlock_write_lock(&mcfg->mlock);
 
 	idx = ((uintptr_t)mz - (uintptr_t)mcfg->memzone);
 	idx = idx / sizeof(struct rte_memzone);
@@ -519,10 +518,10 @@ add_memzone_to_metadata(const struct rte_memzone * mz,
 	mcfg->memzone[idx].ioremap_addr = mz->phys_addr;
 
 	rte_rwlock_write_unlock(&mcfg->mlock);
-#endif
 	rte_spinlock_unlock(&config->sl);
 	return 0;
 fail:
+	rte_rwlock_write_unlock(&mcfg->mlock);
 	rte_spinlock_unlock(&config->sl);
 	return -1;
 }
-- 
1.9.1

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2016-04-01  8:16 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ivshmem: fix race condition Mauricio Vasquez B
2016-04-01  9:01 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2016-04-01 11:17   ` Mauricio Vásquez
2016-04-01 11:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Mauricio Vasquez B
2016-04-01 11:30   ` Burakov, Anatoly
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