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From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Zhang Yiqun <zhangyiqun@phytium.com.cn>,
	<herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
	<kuba@kernel.org>, <pabeni@redhat.com>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: Use spin_lock_bh() in xfrm_input()
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:19:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZYAqrDSp6QuKv5I0@gauss3.secunet.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANn89i+t9t5ca=r6ZKw7s-HrxzgJjCB6hmWLccKmmxg8H=HUUA@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 12:07:50PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 9:43 AM Zhang Yiqun <zhangyiqun@phytium.com.cn> wrote:
> >
> > This patch is to change spin_lock() into spin_lock_bh(), which can
> > disable bottem half in calling. If we leave this as spin_lock(),
> > it may stuck in a deadlock, because the callback in bottem half in
> > crypto driver will also call xfrm_input() again.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yiqun <zhangyiqun@phytium.com.cn>
> 
> When was the bug added ?
> We need a FIxes: tag.

This looks more like a 'crypto driver' bug. xfrm_input() runs in
the RX path and therefore expects to run with BHs off.


  reply	other threads:[~2023-12-18 11:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-18  8:42 Zhang Yiqun
2023-12-18 11:07 ` Eric Dumazet
2023-12-18 11:19   ` Steffen Klassert [this message]
2023-12-18 11:17 ` [EXT] " Suman Ghosh

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