linux_dsm_epyc7002/net/ipv4
David S. Miller cf124db566 net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state.
Network devices can allocate reasources and private memory using
netdev_ops->ndo_init().  However, the release of these resources
can occur in one of two different places.

Either netdev_ops->ndo_uninit() or netdev->destructor().

The decision of which operation frees the resources depends upon
whether it is necessary for all netdev refs to be released before it
is safe to perform the freeing.

netdev_ops->ndo_uninit() presumably can occur right after the
NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier completes and the unicast and multicast
address lists are flushed.

netdev->destructor(), on the other hand, does not run until the
netdev references all go away.

Further complicating the situation is that netdev->destructor()
almost universally does also a free_netdev().

This creates a problem for the logic in register_netdevice().
Because all callers of register_netdevice() manage the freeing
of the netdev, and invoke free_netdev(dev) if register_netdevice()
fails.

If netdev_ops->ndo_init() succeeds, but something else fails inside
of register_netdevice(), it does call ndo_ops->ndo_uninit().  But
it is not able to invoke netdev->destructor().

This is because netdev->destructor() will do a free_netdev() and
then the caller of register_netdevice() will do the same.

However, this means that the resources that would normally be released
by netdev->destructor() will not be.

Over the years drivers have added local hacks to deal with this, by
invoking their destructor parts by hand when register_netdevice()
fails.

Many drivers do not try to deal with this, and instead we have leaks.

Let's close this hole by formalizing the distinction between what
private things need to be freed up by netdev->destructor() and whether
the driver needs unregister_netdevice() to perform the free_netdev().

netdev->priv_destructor() performs all actions to free up the private
resources that used to be freed by netdev->destructor(), except for
free_netdev().

netdev->needs_free_netdev is a boolean that indicates whether
free_netdev() should be done at the end of unregister_netdevice().

Now, register_netdevice() can sanely release all resources after
ndo_ops->ndo_init() succeeds, by invoking both ndo_ops->ndo_uninit()
and netdev->priv_destructor().

And at the end of unregister_netdevice(), we invoke
netdev->priv_destructor() and optionally call free_netdev().

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-06-07 15:53:24 -04:00
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netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next 2017-05-01 10:47:53 -04:00
af_inet.c net: ping: do not abuse udp_poll() 2017-06-04 22:56:55 -04:00
ah4.c IPsec: do not ignore crypto err in ah4 input 2017-01-16 12:57:48 +01:00
arp.c arp: fixed -Wuninitialized compiler warning 2017-05-25 13:38:20 -04:00
cipso_ipv4.c netlabel: out of bound access in cipso_v4_validate() 2017-02-04 19:44:22 -05:00
datagram.c
devinet.c net: rtnetlink: plumb extended ack to doit function 2017-04-17 15:35:38 -04:00
esp4_offload.c esp4/6: Fix GSO path for non-GSO SW-crypto packets 2017-04-19 07:48:57 +02:00
esp4.c esp4: Fix udpencap for local TCP packets. 2017-05-04 07:27:26 +02:00
fib_frontend.c net: Improve handling of failures on link and route dumps 2017-05-16 14:54:11 -04:00
fib_lookup.h
fib_notifier.c ipv4: fib: Remove redundant argument 2017-03-10 09:45:09 -08:00
fib_rules.c ipv4: fib_rules: Dump FIB rules when registering FIB notifier 2017-03-16 10:18:34 -07:00
fib_semantics.c ipv4: add reference counting to metrics 2017-05-26 14:57:07 -04:00
fib_trie.c net: Improve handling of failures on link and route dumps 2017-05-16 14:54:11 -04:00
fou.c
gre_demux.c
gre_offload.c
icmp.c net: ipv4: add support for ECMP hash policy choice 2017-03-21 15:27:19 -07:00
igmp.c igmp, mld: Fix memory leak in igmpv3/mld_del_delrec() 2017-02-09 16:43:45 -05:00
inet_connection_sock.c dccp/tcp: do not inherit mc_list from parent 2017-05-09 15:17:49 -04:00
inet_diag.c tcp: remove early retransmit 2017-01-13 22:37:16 -05:00
inet_fragment.c
inet_hashtables.c treewide: use kv[mz]alloc* rather than opencoded variants 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
inet_timewait_sock.c
inetpeer.c
ip_forward.c
ip_fragment.c inet: frag: release spinlock before calling icmp_send() 2017-03-22 15:40:45 -07:00
ip_gre.c ip_tunnel: Allow policy-based routing through tunnels 2017-04-21 13:21:31 -04:00
ip_input.c net: Add sysctl to toggle early demux for tcp and udp 2017-03-24 13:17:07 -07:00
ip_options.c
ip_output.c udp: avoid ufo handling on IP payload compression packets 2017-03-09 18:28:42 -08:00
ip_sockglue.c ipv4: get rid of ip_ra_lock 2017-04-30 22:44:04 -04:00
ip_tunnel_core.c netlink: pass extended ACK struct to parsing functions 2017-04-13 13:58:22 -04:00
ip_tunnel.c net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state. 2017-06-07 15:53:24 -04:00
ip_vti.c vti: check nla_put_* return value 2017-05-08 15:10:31 -04:00
ipcomp.c
ipconfig.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-06 08:24:51 -07:00
ipip.c ip_tunnel: Allow policy-based routing through tunnels 2017-04-21 13:21:31 -04:00
ipmr.c net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state. 2017-06-07 15:53:24 -04:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2017-02-16 21:25:49 -05:00
Makefile ipv4: fib: Move FIB notification code to a separate file 2017-03-10 09:45:09 -08:00
netfilter.c netfilter: use skb_to_full_sk in ip_route_me_harder 2017-02-28 12:49:36 +01:00
ping.c ping: implement proper locking 2017-03-24 20:50:28 -07:00
proc.c net/tcp_fastopen: Add snmp counter for blackhole detection 2017-04-24 14:27:17 -04:00
protocol.c net: Add sysctl to toggle early demux for tcp and udp 2017-03-24 13:17:07 -07:00
raw_diag.c
raw.c ipv4, ipv6: ensure raw socket message is big enough to hold an IP header 2017-05-04 11:02:46 -04:00
route.c ipv4: add reference counting to metrics 2017-05-26 14:57:07 -04:00
syncookies.c tcp: randomize timestamps on syncookies 2017-05-05 12:00:11 -04:00
sysctl_net_ipv4.c net/tcp_fastopen: Disable active side TFO in certain scenarios 2017-04-24 14:27:17 -04:00
tcp_bbr.c
tcp_bic.c
tcp_cdg.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/clock.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:27 +01:00
tcp_cong.c tcp: disallow cwnd undo when switching congestion control 2017-06-02 14:18:13 -04:00
tcp_cubic.c tcp_cubic: fix typo in module param description 2017-04-20 16:16:44 -04:00
tcp_dctcp.c
tcp_diag.c
tcp_fastopen.c net/tcp_fastopen: Add snmp counter for blackhole detection 2017-04-24 14:27:17 -04:00
tcp_highspeed.c
tcp_htcp.c
tcp_hybla.c
tcp_illinois.c
tcp_input.c tcp: eliminate negative reordering in tcp_clean_rtx_queue 2017-05-16 12:45:21 -04:00
tcp_ipv4.c Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-05-10 10:30:46 -07:00
tcp_lp.c tcp: fix wraparound issue in tcp_lp 2017-05-02 15:07:02 -04:00
tcp_metrics.c treewide: use kv[mz]alloc* rather than opencoded variants 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
tcp_minisocks.c tcp: do not inherit fastopen_req from parent 2017-05-04 11:00:04 -04:00
tcp_nv.c
tcp_offload.c
tcp_output.c tcp: make congestion control optionally skip slow start after idle 2017-05-08 14:37:07 -04:00
tcp_probe.c tcp: Revert "tcp: tcp_probe: use spin_lock_bh()" 2017-02-21 13:26:03 -05:00
tcp_rate.c tcp: do not pass timestamp to tcp_rate_gen() 2017-04-26 14:44:38 -04:00
tcp_recovery.c tcp: tcp_rack_reo_timeout() must update tp->tcp_mstamp 2017-04-27 11:46:15 -04:00
tcp_scalable.c
tcp_timer.c net/tcp_fastopen: Remove mss check in tcp_write_timeout() 2017-04-24 14:27:17 -04:00
tcp_vegas.c
tcp_vegas.h
tcp_veno.c
tcp_westwood.c tcp_westwood: fix tcp_westwood_info() style mistakes 2017-03-16 20:23:28 -07:00
tcp_yeah.c
tcp.c tcp: reinitialize MTU probing when setting MSS in a TCP repair 2017-05-31 12:28:59 -04:00
tunnel4.c
udp_diag.c
udp_impl.h udp: make *udp*_queue_rcv_skb() functions static 2017-05-18 10:23:33 -04:00
udp_offload.c udp: disable inner UDP checksum offloads in IPsec case 2017-04-24 13:48:54 -04:00
udp_tunnel.c
udp.c udp: make *udp*_queue_rcv_skb() functions static 2017-05-18 10:23:33 -04:00
udplite.c
xfrm4_input.c esp: Add a software GRO codepath 2017-02-15 11:04:11 +01:00
xfrm4_mode_beet.c
xfrm4_mode_transport.c xfrm: Add encapsulation header offsets while SKB is not encrypted 2017-04-14 10:07:39 +02:00
xfrm4_mode_tunnel.c xfrm: Add encapsulation header offsets while SKB is not encrypted 2017-04-14 10:07:39 +02:00
xfrm4_output.c xfrm: Add an IPsec hardware offloading API 2017-04-14 10:06:10 +02:00
xfrm4_policy.c xfrm: policy: make policy backend const 2017-02-09 10:22:19 +01:00
xfrm4_protocol.c xfrm: input: constify xfrm_input_afinfo 2017-02-09 10:22:17 +01:00
xfrm4_state.c xfrm: remove unused function 2017-01-10 10:57:12 +01:00
xfrm4_tunnel.c