linux_dsm_epyc7002/net/ipv6
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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ila net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c: simplify a strange allocation pattern 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf 2017-05-03 10:11:26 -04:00
addrconf_core.c ipv6: change ipv6_stub_impl.ipv6_dst_lookup to take net argument 2015-07-31 15:21:30 -07:00
addrconf.c ipv6: avoid dad-failures for addresses with NODAD 2017-05-15 14:31:51 -04:00
addrlabel.c net: rtnetlink: plumb extended ack to doit function 2017-04-17 15:35:38 -04:00
af_inet6.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-26 22:39:08 -04:00
ah6.c IPsec: do not ignore crypto err in ah6 input 2017-01-16 12:57:48 +01:00
anycast.c ipv6: coding style: comparison for equality with NULL 2015-03-31 13:51:54 -04:00
calipso.c net/ipv6: Fix CALIPSO causing GPF with datagram support 2017-06-06 15:18:20 -04:00
datagram.c net-timestamp: avoid use-after-free in ip_recv_error 2017-04-17 12:59:22 -04:00
esp6_offload.c esp4/6: Fix GSO path for non-GSO SW-crypto packets 2017-04-19 07:48:57 +02:00
esp6.c esp: Fix misplaced spin_unlock_bh. 2017-04-24 07:56:31 +02:00
exthdrs_core.c ipv6: constify the skb pointer of ipv6_find_tlv(). 2016-06-27 15:06:15 -04:00
exthdrs_offload.c ipv6: fix exthdrs offload registration in out_rt path 2015-09-02 15:31:00 -07:00
exthdrs.c ipv6: Need to export ipv6_push_frag_opts for tunneling now. 2017-05-01 15:10:20 -04:00
fib6_rules.c net: flow: Add l3mdev flow update 2016-09-10 23:12:51 -07:00
fou6.c fou: add Kconfig options for IPv6 support 2016-05-29 22:24:21 -07:00
icmp.c net: for rate-limited ICMP replies save one atomic operation 2017-01-09 15:49:12 -05:00
inet6_connection_sock.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-01-28 10:33:06 -05:00
inet6_hashtables.c inet: collapse ipv4/v6 rcv_saddr_equal functions into one 2017-01-18 13:04:28 -05:00
ip6_checksum.c ipv6: fix checksum annotation in udp6_csum_init 2016-06-14 15:26:42 -04:00
ip6_fib.c ipv6: make ECMP route replacement less greedy 2017-03-13 12:16:17 -07:00
ip6_flowlabel.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
ip6_gre.c net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state. 2017-06-07 15:53:24 -04:00
ip6_icmp.c ipv6: icmp: add a force_saddr param to icmp6_send() 2016-06-18 22:11:38 -07:00
ip6_input.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-20 10:35:33 -04:00
ip6_offload.c ipv6: Fix leak in ipv6_gso_segment(). 2017-06-04 21:41:10 -04:00
ip6_offload.h udp: Add GRO functions to UDP socket 2016-04-07 16:53:29 -04:00
ip6_output.c ipv6: fix out of bound writes in __ip6_append_data() 2017-05-22 11:47:44 -04:00
ip6_tunnel.c net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state. 2017-06-07 15:53:24 -04:00
ip6_udp_tunnel.c ip6_udp_tunnel: remove unused IPCB related codes 2016-11-02 15:18:36 -04:00
ip6_vti.c net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state. 2017-06-07 15:53:24 -04:00
ip6mr.c net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state. 2017-06-07 15:53:24 -04:00
ipcomp6.c net: inet: Support UID-based routing in IP protocols. 2016-11-04 14:45:23 -04:00
ipv6_sockglue.c net: Allow IP_MULTICAST_IF to set index to L3 slave 2016-12-30 15:24:47 -05:00
Kconfig ipv6: sr: select DST_CACHE by default 2017-03-27 16:05:06 -07:00
Makefile esp: Add a software GRO codepath 2017-02-15 11:04:11 +01:00
mcast_snoop.c net: fix wrong skb_get() usage / crash in IGMP/MLD parsing code 2015-08-13 17:08:39 -07:00
mcast.c ipv6: add support for NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP event 2017-03-28 22:02:21 -07:00
mip6.c ktime: Get rid of ktime_equal() 2016-12-25 17:21:23 +01:00
ndisc.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-26 22:39:08 -04:00
netfilter.c net: inet: Support UID-based routing in IP protocols. 2016-11-04 14:45:23 -04:00
output_core.c ipv6: Prevent overrun when parsing v6 header options 2017-05-17 14:55:59 -04:00
ping.c net: ping: do not abuse udp_poll() 2017-06-04 22:56:55 -04:00
proc.c proc: Reduce cache miss in snmp6_seq_show 2016-09-30 01:50:44 -04:00
protocol.c net: Add sysctl to toggle early demux for tcp and udp 2017-03-24 13:17:07 -07:00
raw.c net: ping: do not abuse udp_poll() 2017-06-04 22:56:55 -04:00
reassembly.c ipv6: on reassembly, record frag_max_size 2016-11-03 15:41:11 -04:00
route.c ipv6: reorder ip6_route_dev_notifier after ipv6_dev_notf 2017-05-08 17:31:24 -04:00
seg6_hmac.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-02-07 16:29:30 -05:00
seg6_iptunnel.c ipv6: sr: fix BUG due to headroom too small after SRH push 2017-04-17 15:33:53 -04:00
seg6.c ipv6: sr: fix out-of-bounds access in SRH validation 2017-04-20 15:40:33 -04:00
sit.c net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state. 2017-06-07 15:53:24 -04:00
syncookies.c tcp: randomize timestamps on syncookies 2017-05-05 12:00:11 -04:00
sysctl_net_ipv6.c calipso: Add a label cache. 2016-06-27 15:06:17 -04:00
tcp_ipv6.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-05-15 15:50:49 -07:00
tcpv6_offload.c tcp: cleanup static functions 2015-02-28 16:56:51 -05:00
tunnel6.c ipv6: fix tunnel error handling 2015-11-03 10:52:13 -05:00
udp_impl.h udp: make *udp*_queue_rcv_skb() functions static 2017-05-18 10:23:33 -04:00
udp_offload.c ipv6: Check ip6_find_1stfragopt() return value properly. 2017-05-17 22:54:11 -04:00
udp.c udp: make *udp*_queue_rcv_skb() functions static 2017-05-18 10:23:33 -04:00
udplite.c udplite: call proper backlog handlers 2016-11-24 15:32:14 -05:00
xfrm6_input.c esp: Add a software GRO codepath 2017-02-15 11:04:11 +01:00
xfrm6_mode_beet.c xfrm: simplify xfrm_address_t use 2015-03-31 13:58:35 -04:00
xfrm6_mode_ro.c ipv6: xfrm: Handle errors reported by xfrm6_find_1stfragopt() 2017-06-02 13:57:27 -04:00
xfrm6_mode_transport.c ipv6: xfrm: Handle errors reported by xfrm6_find_1stfragopt() 2017-06-02 13:57:27 -04:00
xfrm6_mode_tunnel.c xfrm: Add encapsulation header offsets while SKB is not encrypted 2017-04-14 10:07:39 +02:00
xfrm6_output.c xfrm: Add an IPsec hardware offloading API 2017-04-14 10:06:10 +02:00
xfrm6_policy.c xfrm: policy: make policy backend const 2017-02-09 10:22:19 +01:00
xfrm6_protocol.c xfrm: input: constify xfrm_input_afinfo 2017-02-09 10:22:17 +01:00
xfrm6_state.c ipv6: White-space cleansing : Line Layouts 2014-08-24 22:37:52 -07:00
xfrm6_tunnel.c netns: make struct pernet_operations::id unsigned int 2016-11-18 10:59:15 -05:00