From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Cheng Yongkang <teel4res@gmail.com>
Cc: willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com, jasowangio@gmail.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@kernel.org,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterpenkov96@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: tun: hold napi_mutex when deleting NAPI in tun_detach_all()
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:40:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <179309400557.3688860.951211168435363811.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <179268538303.70821.16548460883330758972@gmail.com>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>:
On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:26:48 -0700 you wrote:
> With IFF_NAPI_FRAGS, tun_get_user() takes tfile->napi_mutex, gets the
> skb from napi_get_frags() and copies the user data into it before it
> enters the RCU read-side section around napi_gro_frags().
>
> tun_detach_all() waits with synchronize_net() and then calls
> tun_napi_del() without napi_mutex. netif_napi_del() frees napi->skb
> through napi_free_frags(). A writer that is still copying has not yet
> entered its RCU section, so synchronize_net() does not wait for it, and
> deleting the device frees the skb while the writer is using it:
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] net: tun: hold napi_mutex when deleting NAPI in tun_detach_all()
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/6c799b4998c8
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-27 9:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-22 15:26 Cheng Yongkang
2026-10-23 23:24 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-27 9:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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