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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/net_namespace.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c index f0540c5575157..9d690d32da33a 100644 --- a/net/core/net_namespace.c +++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c @@ -69,12 +69,15 @@ DEFINE_COOKIE(net_cookie); static struct net_generic *net_alloc_generic(void) { + unsigned int gen_ptrs = READ_ONCE(max_gen_ptrs); + unsigned int generic_size; struct net_generic *ng; - unsigned int generic_size = offsetof(struct net_generic, ptr[max_gen_ptrs]); + + generic_size = offsetof(struct net_generic, ptr[gen_ptrs]); ng = kzalloc(generic_size, GFP_KERNEL); if (ng) - ng->s.len = max_gen_ptrs; + ng->s.len = gen_ptrs; return ng; } @@ -1307,7 +1310,11 @@ static int register_pernet_operations(struct list_head *list, if (error < 0) return error; *ops->id = error; - max_gen_ptrs = max(max_gen_ptrs, *ops->id + 1); + /* This does not require READ_ONCE as writers already hold + * pernet_ops_rwsem. But WRITE_ONCE is needed to protect + * net_alloc_generic. + */ + WRITE_ONCE(max_gen_ptrs, max(max_gen_ptrs, *ops->id + 1)); } error = __register_pernet_operations(list, ops); if (error) { |