l2tp: avoid deadlock in l2tp stats update

l2tp's u64_stats writers were incorrectly synchronised, making it possible to
deadlock a 64bit machine running a 32bit kernel simply by sending the l2tp
code netlink commands while passing data through l2tp sessions.

Previous discussion on netdev determined that alternative solutions such as
spinlock writer synchronisation or per-cpu data would bring unjustified
overhead, given that most users interested in high volume traffic will likely
be running 64bit kernels on 64bit hardware.

As such, this patch replaces l2tp's use of u64_stats with atomic_long_t,
thereby avoiding the deadlock.

Ref:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134029167910731&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134079868111131&w=2

Signed-off-by: Tom Parkin <tparkin@katalix.com>
Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index 7e3e16aefcb5..9d0eb8c13530 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static void pppol2tp_recv(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb, int
 			  session->name);
 
 		/* Not bound. Nothing we can do, so discard. */
-		session->stats.rx_errors++;
+		atomic_long_inc(&session->stats.rx_errors);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 	}
 
@@ -992,14 +992,14 @@ end:
 static void pppol2tp_copy_stats(struct pppol2tp_ioc_stats *dest,
 				struct l2tp_stats *stats)
 {
-	dest->tx_packets = stats->tx_packets;
-	dest->tx_bytes = stats->tx_bytes;
-	dest->tx_errors = stats->tx_errors;
-	dest->rx_packets = stats->rx_packets;
-	dest->rx_bytes = stats->rx_bytes;
-	dest->rx_seq_discards = stats->rx_seq_discards;
-	dest->rx_oos_packets = stats->rx_oos_packets;
-	dest->rx_errors = stats->rx_errors;
+	dest->tx_packets = atomic_long_read(&stats->tx_packets);
+	dest->tx_bytes = atomic_long_read(&stats->tx_bytes);
+	dest->tx_errors = atomic_long_read(&stats->tx_errors);
+	dest->rx_packets = atomic_long_read(&stats->rx_packets);
+	dest->rx_bytes = atomic_long_read(&stats->rx_bytes);
+	dest->rx_seq_discards = atomic_long_read(&stats->rx_seq_discards);
+	dest->rx_oos_packets = atomic_long_read(&stats->rx_oos_packets);
+	dest->rx_errors = atomic_long_read(&stats->rx_errors);
 }
 
 /* Session ioctl helper.
@@ -1633,14 +1633,14 @@ static void pppol2tp_seq_tunnel_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   tunnel->name,
 		   (tunnel == tunnel->sock->sk_user_data) ? 'Y' : 'N',
 		   atomic_read(&tunnel->ref_count) - 1);
-	seq_printf(m, " %08x %llu/%llu/%llu %llu/%llu/%llu\n",
+	seq_printf(m, " %08x %ld/%ld/%ld %ld/%ld/%ld\n",
 		   tunnel->debug,
-		   (unsigned long long)tunnel->stats.tx_packets,
-		   (unsigned long long)tunnel->stats.tx_bytes,
-		   (unsigned long long)tunnel->stats.tx_errors,
-		   (unsigned long long)tunnel->stats.rx_packets,
-		   (unsigned long long)tunnel->stats.rx_bytes,
-		   (unsigned long long)tunnel->stats.rx_errors);
+		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.tx_packets),
+		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.tx_bytes),
+		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.tx_errors),
+		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.rx_packets),
+		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.rx_bytes),
+		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.rx_errors));
 }
 
 static void pppol2tp_seq_session_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
@@ -1675,14 +1675,14 @@ static void pppol2tp_seq_session_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   session->lns_mode ? "LNS" : "LAC",
 		   session->debug,
 		   jiffies_to_msecs(session->reorder_timeout));
-	seq_printf(m, "   %hu/%hu %llu/%llu/%llu %llu/%llu/%llu\n",
+	seq_printf(m, "   %hu/%hu %ld/%ld/%ld %ld/%ld/%ld\n",
 		   session->nr, session->ns,
-		   (unsigned long long)session->stats.tx_packets,
-		   (unsigned long long)session->stats.tx_bytes,
-		   (unsigned long long)session->stats.tx_errors,
-		   (unsigned long long)session->stats.rx_packets,
-		   (unsigned long long)session->stats.rx_bytes,
-		   (unsigned long long)session->stats.rx_errors);
+		   atomic_long_read(&session->stats.tx_packets),
+		   atomic_long_read(&session->stats.tx_bytes),
+		   atomic_long_read(&session->stats.tx_errors),
+		   atomic_long_read(&session->stats.rx_packets),
+		   atomic_long_read(&session->stats.rx_bytes),
+		   atomic_long_read(&session->stats.rx_errors));
 
 	if (po)
 		seq_printf(m, "   interface %s\n", ppp_dev_name(&po->chan));